No more sound after installing v. 4.1 in recalbox

[Substring]

@dragu WTF ? no /proc/asound ??? i guess lackyluuk hasn't removed the dtparm=audio=on from the config.txt. But still ... I'll look at changes since March

[lackyluuk]

If I remove dtparam=audio=on in the config.txt it is automatically re-added after a reboot. Only commenting it out helps. But then I cannot access amixer, alsamixer etc anymore. And no soundcard at all is loaded

[Dragu]

@substring
Take your time, I am not playing fulltime, have a rescue from march and also some other cats to whip...

[Substring]

@Dragu if you still have your march image, can you check lsmod if a specific module is loaded ? I'll check the differences on audio between april and march (and there are many)

[benj008]

It had become a bit complicated for me... I leave it to you professionals
Ok with Dragu i'm not in a hurry so take time
Could you just let me know if you find something that work it out?

Thank you

[Dragu]

@Substring
If you tell me how to make screenshot, there is a lot. there are 6 snd_soc modules loaded snd_soc_hifiberry_dacplus and snd_soc_hifiberry_dac snd_soc_pcm512x_ic2 snd_soc_bcm2835_i2s snd_soc_pcm512x snd_soc_core

thats it for the march version.

In the 4.1 Stable in my configuration not one snd_soc is loaded.

[lackyluuk]

@dragu just use raspi2png and the screenshots are saved in your shared folder

[Dragu]

@lackyluuk
thanks.

[monsieurlefou]

@dragu I have also a problem with hifiberry dacplus. It worked very well with recalbox 4.0.2 but since the maj 4.1 no sound anymore....

But i have this:
boot$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [sndrpihifiberry]: snd_rpi_hifiber - snd_rpi_hifiberry_dacplus
snd_rpi_hifiberry_dacplus

Strange?

Thanks for your help!

[lackyluuk]

@monsieurlefou What Raspberry do you use?
how does your etc/modules.conflook like? Do you have any other modules loaded than the internal sound card (bcm2835)? Or did you remove the internal one?

It seems that your card is loaded.

[monsieurlefou]

Hi and thanks for your help!

My PI is a PI3
My etc/modules.conf looks alike:

snd_bcm2835
uinput
usbhid

I don't remove anything

[lackyluuk]

@monsieurlefou It's the same as for me. According to Hifiberry it does not matter if the soundcard is not in modules.conf when the dtoverlay=hifiberry_dacplus is set and the dtparam=audio=on is removed from config.txt. But I don't know exactly how it works in recalbox

[monsieurlefou]

My config.txt seems ok, dtoverlay=hifiberry_dacplus and dtparam=audio=on removed.

The command amixer returns this (it seems the voulume is set to 0, isn't it?):

/etc$ amixer
Simple mixer control 'DSP Program',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'FIR interpolation with de-emphasis' 'Low latency IIR with de-emphasis' 'High attenuation with de-emphasis' 'Fixed process flow' 'Ringing-less low latency FIR'
Item0: 'FIR interpolation with de-emphasis'
Simple mixer control 'Analogue',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 1
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-6.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-6.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analogue Playback Boost',0
Capabilities: volume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 1
Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute',0
Capabilities: pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Mono:
Front Left: Playback [off]
Front Right: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute Mono',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute Time Left',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '21ms' '106ms' '213ms' '533ms' '1.07s' '2.13s' '5.33s' '10.66s'
Item0: '21ms'
Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute Time Right',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '21ms' '106ms' '213ms' '533ms' '1.07s' '2.13s' '5.33s' '10.66s'
Item0: '21ms'
Simple mixer control 'Clock Missing Period',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '1s' '2s' '3s' '4s' '5s' '6s' '7s' '8s'
Item0: '1s'
Simple mixer control 'Deemphasis',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 207
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Max Overclock DAC',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 40
Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Max Overclock DSP',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 40
Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Max Overclock PLL',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 20
Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Emergency Rate',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '1 sample/update' '2 samples/update' '4 samples/update' 'Immediate'
Item0: '1 sample/update'
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Emergency Step',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '4dB/step' '2dB/step' '1dB/step' '0.5dB/step'
Item0: '4dB/step'
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Rate',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '1 sample/update' '2 samples/update' '4 samples/update' 'Immediate'
Item0: '1 sample/update'
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Step',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '4dB/step' '2dB/step' '1dB/step' '0.5dB/step'
Item0: '4dB/step'
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Up Rate',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '1 sample/update' '2 samples/update' '4 samples/update' 'Immediate'
Item0: '1 sample/update'
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Up Step',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '4dB/step' '2dB/step' '1dB/step' '0.5dB/step'
Item0: '4dB/step'

Thanks for your help

[lackyluuk]

@monsieurlefou You should leave dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus in your config.txt

[monsieurlefou]

I confirm that dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus is in my config.txt.
Just dtparam=audio=on removed

I don't change anything since the maj 4.0.2 => 4.1

Thanks

[Substring]

Looking at dragu's screenshot, there are 3 kernel modules that are loaded along with the hifiberry.

What also happened with 4.0.x -> 4.1 is a kernel b*mp from 4.1 to 4.4. That's the only lead I have for now + quite some changes regarding audio volumes (because of that DARN x86 version)

[monsieurlefou]

Hi, i progress

I reinstall from 0 recalbox 4.1.
I modify config.txt by adding dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus and comment (#)dtparam=audio=on.
No sound with emulastation but sound is come back under kodi.
Any idea?

thanks a lot

[monsieurlefou]

I don't understand.

After trying change audio settings in the audio recalbox menu to auto, to hifiberry, to auto (hacking the audio setting...), the sound is appears wihout i can understand what was the matter.....

Strange, something wrong but i cannot identify the problem.

Excuse my poor english...

[lackyluuk]

@monsieurlefou that sounds really strange
do you have the soundcard available in the sound settings in ES? For me it does not show up

[Dragu]

@monsieurlefou

You want to say that you modified recalbox.conf

# ------------ C - Audio ------------ #
## Set the audio device (auto, hdmi, jack)
audio.device=auto
## Set system volume (0..100)
audio.volume=0
## Enable or disable system sounds in ES (0,1)
audio.bgmusic=0

into

# ------------ C - Audio ------------ #

## Set the audio device (auto, hdmi, jack, hifiberry)

audio.device=hifiberry
## Set system volume (0..100)

audio.volume=0
## Enable or disable system sounds in ES (0,1)

audio.bgmusic=0

?