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Omamez

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I have lost sound on raspberry pi 3
« on: April 19, 2016, 03:10:41 AM »
I have lost sound on rpi 3 from video snaps and game play, hdmi output

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Re: I have lost sound on raspberry pi 3
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2016, 07:15:26 AM »

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Re: I have lost sound on raspberry pi 3
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2016, 05:41:36 PM »
I tried few combo's no luck even in emulationstation I get no ui sounds or in game play.

I will reinstall the floobs image for rpi3 just need to make sure i back up all roms and snap videos 50gigs worth just the though of loosing all those setup scares me lol

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Re: I have lost sound on raspberry pi 3
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2016, 06:14:57 PM »
Did you try forcing it with rasp-config? Also, have you tried testing it with the 3.5mm audio jack to see if that works.

And, in this process did you mess with the sound volume in emulationstation?

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Re: I have lost sound on raspberry pi 3
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2016, 07:24:16 PM »
I tried that in emulationstation, I even did manual config setup, only thing I can think is in console mode I did a sudo apt-get update and upgrade

I even went back to default HDMi Mode and Group when I originallly had issues, then I got paranoid and though maybe the tv had issues and connect another device and sound was ok

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Re: I have lost sound on raspberry pi 3
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2016, 10:48:25 PM »
Well, I don't think the update would cause any sound issues. I just updated my pi today and my sound is working fine.

What happens when you run sudo raspi-config and change it to auto? Also, in emulationstation try increasing the sound volume until it just hits red. It could just be something simple.

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Re: I have lost sound on raspberry pi 3
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2016, 01:19:35 PM »
Omamez-

I think you might have accidently messed something up in your /boot/config.txt when you were fixing your video problem.

This might explain why sound is not being sent over the hdmi port anymore. So, you can try re-checking some of your setting in the config.txt by using this side as a reference. 

http://elinux.org/RPiconfig

You probably need hdmi_drive=2 uncommented if isn't already. Good luck!

sdtv_mode=2
# Force the monitor to HDMI mode so that sound will be sent over HDMI cable
hdmi_drive=2
# Set monitor mode to DMT
hdmi_group=2
# Set monitor resolution to 1024x768 XGA 60 Hz (HDMI_DMT_XGA_60)
hdmi_mode=16
# Make display smaller to stop text spilling off the screen
overscan_left=20
overscan_right=12
overscan_top=10
overscan_bottom=10

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Re: I have lost sound on raspberry pi 3
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2016, 03:57:50 AM »
I have everything back to standard now after fresh install reloaded 6 systems with snaps and roms apart from mame as yet all running good so far fingers crossed. need to add few more systems

coleco, atari 2600, 7200, psx, neogeo pocket color, zx spectrum, msx and I'm happy with my little language traveller, I even created a nes 3d printed case for it :-)
« Last Edit: April 23, 2016, 06:12:27 AM by Omamez »

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Re: I have lost sound on raspberry pi 3
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2016, 06:35:15 AM »
awesome news...

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Re: I have lost sound on raspberry pi 3
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2016, 09:14:05 AM »
Omamez, can you post a pic of the 3d printed case.

Mine is a lego bus at the moment.