help with pulse audio

[ignacio82]

I'm trying to create a satellite with a pi 3b having some troubles getting the sound to work. I cannot hear anything when I run paplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav I believe everything is plugged correctly, and i did my best to follow the instructions to install the software. Any ideas for how to debug this?

ignacio@pi-satellite-bigbedroom:~ $ arecord -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
lavrate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Libav/FFmpeg Library
samplerate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Samplerate Library
speexrate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler
jack
    JACK Audio Connection Kit
oss
    Open Sound System
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
speex
    Plugin using Speex DSP (resample, agc, denoise, echo, dereverb)
upmix
    Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8)
vdownmix
    Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization
default
    Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
playback
capture
dmixed
array
usbstream:CARD=Headphones
    bcm2835 Headphones
    USB Stream Output
usbstream:CARD=vc4hdmi
    vc4-hdmi
    USB Stream Output
hw:CARD=seeed2micvoicec,DEV=0
    seeed-2mic-voicecard, 3f203000.i2s-wm8960-hifi wm8960-hifi-0
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=seeed2micvoicec,DEV=0
    seeed-2mic-voicecard, 3f203000.i2s-wm8960-hifi wm8960-hifi-0
    Hardware device with all software conversions
sysdefault:CARD=seeed2micvoicec
    seeed-2mic-voicecard, 3f203000.i2s-wm8960-hifi wm8960-hifi-0
    Default Audio Device
dsnoop:CARD=seeed2micvoicec,DEV=0
    seeed-2mic-voicecard, 3f203000.i2s-wm8960-hifi wm8960-hifi-0
    Direct sample snooping device
usbstream:CARD=seeed2micvoicec
    seeed-2mic-voicecard
    USB Stream Output

ignacio@pi-satellite-bigbedroom:~ $ pactl list sinks
Sink #1
    State: SUSPENDED
    Name: alsa_output.platform-bcm2835_audio.analog-stereo
    Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
    Driver: module-alsa-card.c
    Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
    Channel Map: front-left,front-right
    Owner Module: 12
    Mute: no
    Volume: front-left: 56210 /  86% / -4.00 dB,   front-right: 56210 /  86% / -4.00 dB
            balance 0.00
    Base Volume: 56210 /  86% / -4.00 dB
    Monitor Source: alsa_output.platform-bcm2835_audio.analog-stereo.monitor
    Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
    Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
    Properties:
        alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
        device.api = "alsa"
        device.class = "sound"
        alsa.class = "generic"
        alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
        alsa.name = "bcm2835 Headphones"
        alsa.id = "bcm2835 Headphones"
        alsa.subdevice = "0"
        alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
        alsa.device = "0"
        alsa.card = "0"
        alsa.card_name = "bcm2835 Headphones"
        alsa.long_card_name = "bcm2835 Headphones"
        alsa.driver_name = "snd_bcm2835"
        device.bus_path = "platform-bcm2835_audio"
        sysfs.path = "/devices/platform/soc/3f00b840.mailbox/bcm2835_audio/sound/card0"
        device.form_factor = "internal"
        device.string = "hw:0"
        device.buffering.buffer_size = "10576"
        device.buffering.fragment_size = "2640"
        device.access_mode = "mmap"
        device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
        device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
        device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
        module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
        device.icon_name = "audio-card"
    Ports:
        analog-output: Analog Output (type: Analog, priority: 9900, availability unknown)
    Active Port: analog-output
    Formats:
        pcm

[ignacio82]

I believe the problem was that I did not install the Legacy version of the OS.