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    No HDMI audio after setting up Bluetooth audio

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      Nemed
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      Hello there!
      I needed to use Bluetooth headphones with RetroPie on my RPi 4B 8GB. So i found this tutorial:
      https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/20338/tutorial-bluetooth-audio-on-retropie-v4-4-and-raspberry-pi-3-model-b
      and after following the instructions i indeed made bluetooth audio work on my Pi.

      To be precise i did the following:

      $ sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
      $ sudo adduser pi bluetooth
      

      Then added a line to /etc/pulse/default.pa:

      /etc/pulse/default.pa
      -----------------------------------
      load-module module-switch-on-connect
      

      Then connected Bluetooth headset through Bluetooth menu:
      RetroPie -> BLUETOOTH -> Register and Connect to Bluetooth Device
      And finally set connect mode to "background":
      RetroPie -> BLUETOOTH -> Configure bluetooth connect mode

      After that Bluetooth audio started working. The problem is that HDMI audio stopped working completely. When i disable Bluetooth headset i don't have audio at all. The sound volume meter in sound settings is constantly set to 0 now and when i try to set it to a higher value it returns back to 0 and i also get the following error:

      VolumeControl::init() - Failed to find mixer elements!
      

      Actually it's not really critical since i mostly play in wireless headphones anyways but it would be cool if RetroPi could switch back to HDMI audio when i disable the headset. Maybe somebody knows how to make it happen or why this mistake happens at all?
      Thank you.

      My system:
      Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB
      RetroPie Version: 4.8.2

      Sound Settings:
      Audio Card: Default
      Audio Device: HDMI
      Enable Navigation Sounds: On
      Enable Video Audio: On
      OMX Player Audio Device: Both
      (haven't changed any of them from defaults)

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