Can see and connect but no sound.

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Can see and connect but no sound.

Bazmundi opened this issue 2 years ago · comments

Asterion Daedalus commented 2 years ago

Due Diligence

I have done my due diligence

What can we help you with?

I have installed raspotify onto RPi 3B+ running linux 5.10.63-v7+ #1496 SMP Wed Dec 1 15:58:11 GMT 2021 armv7l

Spotify on my Windows 10 laptop "sees" the raspotify on the network, and can connect.

I am not using proxies etc.

I have a premium Spotify account etc. I have setup my spotify username and password in /etc/raspotify/conf.

I have used defaults everywhere else in /etc/raspotify/conf.

I have tried restart, stop/start and reboot etc.

I am using the RCA audio out (not USB and not HDMI). I have used raspi-config to set audio to the audio jack. I also went into alsamixer to switch to headphones - but that seems to switch back to HDMI when I go back in? I assume that is just setting parameters for the different modes? So, the volume has been pumped up for headphones under alsamixer.

There did not seem to be a requirement for a sound card?

So, it seems there may need be something else in the conf file I need setup?

$ cat /proc/asound/modules
 0 snd_bcm2835
 1 snd_bcm2835

So sudo speaker-test -c2 -twav -l7 -D plughw:1,0 successfully sends test audio to left/right speakers. Whereas sudo speaker-test -c2 -twav -l7 -D plughw:0,0 does not? So, audio seems to be going to RCA cable and so cable seems fine.

Jason Gray · Answer 1 · Tue Jan 11 2022 08:04:56 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

The wiki has a Troubleshooting page that explains how to set the default audio device.

github-actions · Answer 2 · Tue Jan 11 2022 08:05:19 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

This question or issue can probably be easily answered or resolved by reading the docs/wiki.

Asterion Daedalus · Answer 3 · Tue Jan 11 2022 08:53:30 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

This question or issue can probably be easily answered or resolved by reading the docs/wiki.

If you pay attention to the information I supplied the evidence is I did use the info at the troubleshooting page. It directs one to use alsamixer to increase volume, which I indicated I did. It suggests a means of checking audio is working over the RCA, which I indicated I did. I indicated that I was not using USB sound so none of the USB sound options appeared relevant. I am not using pulse audio nor bluetooth.

So, there is actually nothing in the wiki or troubleshooting that does help.

Jason Gray · Answer 4 · Tue Jan 11 2022 09:02:53 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

If you pay attention to the information I supplied the evidence is I did use the info at the troubleshooting page.

That kind of attitude will get you nowhere. I paid plenty of attention and nothing you said was really that relevant other than hw:0 is HDMI and hw:1 is analog out. I will say it again. The wiki has the info you need to set the analog out as your default.

Jason Gray · Answer 5 · Tue Jan 11 2022 09:10:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I bet if you followed the wiki, edited /etc/asound.conf and added:

defaults.ctl.card 1
defaults.pcm.card 1

Things would work as you'd expect. But I don't know I'm not really paying attention...

Asterion Daedalus · Answer 6 · Wed Jan 12 2022 07:56:14 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I bet if you followed the wiki, edited /etc/asound.conf and added:
defaults.ctl.card 1
defaults.pcm.card 1
Things would work as you'd expect. But I don't know I'm not really paying attention...

Ah, so ignore the fact that that guidance was directed at people who where trying to setup the USB sound. Gotcha.

Jason Gray · Answer 7 · Wed Jan 12 2022 08:19:02 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Ah, so ignore the fact that that guidance was directed at people who where trying to setup the USB sound. Gotcha.

The wiki presents some common questions and answers. I can only present the information to you. I can not understand it for you. Maybe more extrapolation and less attitude.