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    System Volume Resets to 0, Using HDMI to TV for Audio

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      Swordmaster4321 @abj
      last edited by

      @abj All the Emulationstation settings are set correctly, but whenever I go to RetroPie->Audio, it says the output is ALSA, no matter how many times I set it and restart ES. The volume still resets to 0 every time I exit and re-enter the ES menu though.

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        abj
        last edited by abj

        Do you have install the Desktop?

        Try to run the following commands and add here the output results:

        aplay -l
        amixer
        

        `Please be patient, my English is not very good.`

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          Swordmaster4321 @abj
          last edited by

          @abj Yes, I have installed the desktop.

          Here are the results:

          aplay - l:
          This command appears to have broken my terminal. It has been 20 minutes and there still isn't an output.

          amixer:

          Simple mixer control 'Master',0
            Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
            Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
            Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
            Mono:
            Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
            Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
          Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
            Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
            Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
            Limits: Capture 0 - 65536
            Front Left: Capture 65536 [100%] [on]
            Front Right: Capture 65536 [100%] [on]
          
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          • abjA
            abj @Swordmaster4321
            last edited by abj

            @Swordmaster4321

            Try to uninstall pulseaudio from here:

            RetroPie => RetroPie Setup => Configuration/Tools => rasbiantools => Choose option 3 ( remove some uneede... ) and restart.
            After that, make sure that you have the default settings that i post above.

            `Please be patient, my English is not very good.`

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @Swordmaster4321
              last edited by mitu

              @Swordmaster4321 said in System Volume Resets to 0, Using HDMI to TV for Audio:

              aplay - l:
              This command appears to have broken my terminal. It has been 20 minutes and there still isn't an output.

              There's no space between - and l (lowecase L). I think you've added a space and the command expects some input from you (which is not coming). You can usually end every terminal launched command by pressing Ctrl + C.

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              • abjA
                abj
                last edited by

                Sorry, my bad i correct it.

                `Please be patient, my English is not very good.`

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                  Swordmaster4321
                  last edited by

                  The audio is working now! Thank you! The last thing I'm wondering is why pulseaudio messes the whole thing up.

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                    Swordmaster4321
                    last edited by Swordmaster4321

                    And while we're here... is there a way to make scrolling between systems in the dashboard a lot smoother?

                    10fps isn't really cutting it for me lol

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @Swordmaster4321
                      last edited by mitu

                      @Swordmaster4321 said in System Volume Resets to 0, Using HDMI to TV for Audio:

                      And while we're here... is there a way to make scrolling between systems in the dashboard a lot smoother?

                      Don't run the system at 4k video resolution ? By default, 4k is diplayed at 30fps by the Pi4 unless you configure the HDMI output to run at 60fps with the hdmi_enable_4kp60 option (see here).

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                        Darksavior @abj
                        last edited by Darksavior

                        @abj Thanks. This fixed the audio for me.
                        On my unsupported pi5 setup, switching to the Pegasus frontend killed the audio, and switching back to ES was not fixing it.

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