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    Raspberry Pi 4 HDMI sound stopped working (was fine before)

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      pmdci
      last edited by

      @mitu

      Hi @mitu thanks for helping out. I have tried to what you suggested but no luck.

      Under the ES sound settings I tried the following:

      1. Audio Device: PCM
      2. Audio Device: Master

      None of these worked for me.

      • I rebooted with each try.
      • I also re-ran the audio configurator and re-selected HDMI with each attempt.
      • AUDIO CARD is set to Default in the ES Sound Settings.

      Should I remove Pulse Audio? Or perhaps uninstall the Desktop altogether?


      Raspberry Pi 4, 8GB RAM
      SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Memory Card (A1, Class 10, U1)
      Official Retropie Image for Pi 4/400
      Official Raspberry Pi 4 USBC-C power supply
      Argon ONE V2 Raspberry Pi 4 Case

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        mitu Global Moderator @pmdci
        last edited by

        @pmdci said in Raspberry Pi 4 HDMI stopped working (was fine before):

        Should I remove Pulse Audio? Or perhaps uninstall the Desktop altogether?

        No, that's not necessary - RetroPie should work with both of them installed. Re-configuring the audio doesn't need a restart.

        What's the output if you run aplay -l ?

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          pmdci @mitu
          last edited by pmdci

          @mitu

          pi@retropie:~$ aplay -l
          **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
          card 0: b1 [bcm2835 HDMI 1], device 0: bcm2835 HDMI 1 [bcm2835 HDMI 1]
            Subdevices: 4/4
            Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
            Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
            Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
            Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
          card 1: Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones], device 0: bcm2835 Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones]
            Subdevices: 3/4
            Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
            Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
            Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
            Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
          

          Raspberry Pi 4, 8GB RAM
          SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Memory Card (A1, Class 10, U1)
          Official Retropie Image for Pi 4/400
          Official Raspberry Pi 4 USBC-C power supply
          Argon ONE V2 Raspberry Pi 4 Case

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            pmdci @mitu
            last edited by pmdci

            @mitu

            Call me trigger-hapy, but I uninstalled PulseAudio:

            sudo apt purge pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
            

            Now the audio is back on. Also the system is much, MUCH more responsive. Before I used to get a lot of delays/lags when navigating through the menus. This issue is gone now.


            Raspberry Pi 4, 8GB RAM
            SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Memory Card (A1, Class 10, U1)
            Official Retropie Image for Pi 4/400
            Official Raspberry Pi 4 USBC-C power supply
            Argon ONE V2 Raspberry Pi 4 Case

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              mitu Global Moderator @pmdci
              last edited by mitu

              @pmdci If you still wish to use the desktop, then make sure to uninstall the lxplug-volumepulse package, otherwise the desktop panel will crash without PulseAudio support.
              EDIT: Are you using a PS4 controller (Dualshock) by any chance ?

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                pmdci @mitu
                last edited by pmdci

                @mitu

                Seems like the plug-in is not installed...

                pi@retropie:~$ sudo apt purge lxplug-volumepulse
                Reading package lists... Done
                Building dependency tree       
                Reading state information... Done
                Package 'lxplug-volumepulse' is not installed, so not removed
                The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
                  libpulsedsp libsbc1 libwebrtc-audio-processing1 pulseaudio-utils rtkit
                Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
                0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
                pi@retropie:~$
                

                I am using an 8BitDo controller. It is incredible but the system is now VERY responsive comparing to when PulseAudio was installed!

                I trust I can still use audio on the desktop without PulseAudio?
                EDIT: Yes, I can. Just lost my volume mixer :-)


                Raspberry Pi 4, 8GB RAM
                SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Memory Card (A1, Class 10, U1)
                Official Retropie Image for Pi 4/400
                Official Raspberry Pi 4 USBC-C power supply
                Argon ONE V2 Raspberry Pi 4 Case

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                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Try installing lxplug-volume and maybe the mixer will show up again.

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                    Gazbusola
                    last edited by

                    I’ve got a similar issue with a new 2gb raspberry. Whenever I upload a rom or restart I lose sound completely. The only way to get it back is put my HDMI cable in a different port on TV and it works again. It’s been doing my head in as cannot find a proper solution.

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                      pmdci @mitu
                      last edited by pmdci

                      @mitu

                      I managed to just add the default volume widget for the desktop.

                      I followed your advice and installed lxplug-volume (not the pulse version). I can see it installed some stuff and it also removed some other pulse leftovers (which is good!)

                      However I didn't see any difference in the desktop for volume. As I said above, I did add a speaker icon at my taskbar before installing lxplug-volume, and it does have one volume slider. Seems like installing lxplug-volume didn't add anything on top of that.


                      Raspberry Pi 4, 8GB RAM
                      SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Memory Card (A1, Class 10, U1)
                      Official Retropie Image for Pi 4/400
                      Official Raspberry Pi 4 USBC-C power supply
                      Argon ONE V2 Raspberry Pi 4 Case

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                        pmdci @Gazbusola
                        last edited by

                        @gazbusola

                        My issue clearly had to do with pulseaudio, which I have no use for (at least for now!) on my current Raspberry Setup.

                        Your issue might have to do with the different HDMI modes. Have you looked into the config file for all the HDMI settings?


                        Raspberry Pi 4, 8GB RAM
                        SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Memory Card (A1, Class 10, U1)
                        Official Retropie Image for Pi 4/400
                        Official Raspberry Pi 4 USBC-C power supply
                        Argon ONE V2 Raspberry Pi 4 Case

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