No more sound after installing v. 4.1 in recalbox

[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

?

[monsieurlefou]

Yes i have hifiberry dacplus soundcard in the sound settings in ES.

After reboot sound starts only after manipulate joystick to navigate in menu (controler xin mo). If i don't touch controler no music (??)

I'm not sure (sorry) but I remember that i have already the card in the sound settings BEFORE modify the file config.txt (it surprises me) but sounds doesn't work.

On my another pi3 with same recalbox without sound card sound start on splash screen on boot (?)

X-files???

[monsieurlefou]

@dragu
i don't modify recalbox.conf.
I just hack settings audio via the recalbox audio menu settings.

[monsieurlefou]

@dragu

My audio setting in recalbox.conf file:

------------ C - Audio ------------

Set the audio device (auto, hdmi, jack)

audio.device=[0:0] snd_rpi_hifiber - snd_rpi_hifiberry_dacplus + HiFiBerry DAC+ HiFi pcm512x-hifi-0

Set system volume (0..100)

audio.volume=0

Enable or disable system sounds in ES (0,1)

audio.bgmusic=1

[benj008]

Hi

Just to know if you have any news on fixing the issue?
Bye

[Substring]

The soud device selection in ES does more than just editing the recalbox.conf. It also sets some parameters for ALSA.

[benj008]

@substring ok j espere que vous trouverez un moyen pour retablir le son sur cette version 4.1
Pourriez vous me tenir informé en tous cas ?
Merci pour votre ecoute et bon courage

[Substring]

@benj008 oui

[Substring]

To everyone : just a few words regarding what you'd believe to be strange but may not be:

• the splash video is played through omxplayer which doesn't care about soundcards. Just jack and hdmi
• changing a sound device in ES woumd not change where the music is output until a reboot, wheras emulators would work straight away after. That is a lumitation of alsa not being able of dynamically changing the output device of an already running process
• we know about that bug in ES where music would start after player input

@monsieurlefou as your dac works, can you make a support archive ? http://recalbox/help

[Dragu]

@Substring
I dont understand what he made, as he didnt modified recalbox.conf, but has other values inside as we have ?
@monsieurlefou said in No more sound after installing v. 4.1 in recalbox:

@dragu
i don't modify recalbox.conf.
I just hack settings audio via the recalbox audio menu settings.