Sound not working with HifiBerry

Bk

I recently installed the newest version of RetroPie on my Rapberry Pi 3 with a HifiBerry DAC+ ZERO for audio. I followed this official instruction https://www.hifiberry.com/docs/software/configuring-linux-3-18-x/ for the setup and the device is recognised when i type aplay -l in the console but in RetroPie's sound settings the volume is always at 0% and there is no sound anywhere. I already tried all combinations of the settings for Audio Card and Audio Device but still no luck. Any help would be appreciated... Thanks in advance

mitu

Post the output of

aplay -L
aplay -l

Is alsamixer working your sound card, i.e. does it have a volume control ?

Bk

@mitu
Thanks for the reply.

$ aplay -L
null
   Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default
output
sysdefault:CARD=sndrpihifiberry
   snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac, Hifiberry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0
   Default Audio Device
dmix:CARD=sndrpihifiberry,DEV=0
   snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac, Hifiberry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0
   Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=sndrpihifiberry,DEV=0
   snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac, Hifiberry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0
   Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=sndrpihifiberry,DEV=0
   snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac, Hifiberry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0
   Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=sndrpihifiberry,DEV=0
   snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac, Hifiberry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0
   Hardware device with all software conversions

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sndrpihifiberry [snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac], device 0: HifiBerry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0 [HifiBerry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Concerning the alsamixer, I assume I have to type "alsamixer sndrpihifiberry" or "alsamixer snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac"? If so, both give me "cannot open mixer: No such file or directory".

mitu

@bk said in Sound not working with HifiBerry:

Concerning the alsamixer, I assume I have to type "alsamixer sndrpihifiberry" or "alsamixer snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac"? If so, both give me "cannot open mixer: No such file or directory".

No, you should just type alsamixer and note the mixer's name (4th row on the top left menu). For instance, in the screenshot below the mixer is named Headphone.
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However, based on the error you're receiving (cannot open mixer) it looks like the device has no hardware volume control (mixer). You may be able to add a software volume control, following the instructions from this page.