No Audio Output on some devices

[melliiii]

Describe the bug Hey, for some odd reason I dont get a Audio Output (TTS) on my Headset, but on my Monitor Speakers. The Feedback "Ping" works on every device.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Set Headset as Default Audio Device
2. Tell Assistant to do something
3. See the Audio on Windows Volume Mixer, but no Output can be heard
4. Test that Headphones work with other programs (In my case Spotify and Youtube in Firefox)
5. Change Monitor Speakers as Default Audio Device
6. Tell Assistant to do something
7. Now I get Audio via my Monitor

Expected behavior No matter what audio device is set as default, the TTS audio should play back.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10 Pro Build 19042.1165
• Version 1.0.0-rc.1 for Windows
• Headphones: Logitech G533

• Monitor: AOC 2460G5

  I tried restarting the computer etc. but no luck. Also seems like I'm the only one with the problem

  EDIT: Clarification that I get the Feedback, but not the TTS

[melliiii]

"Enable Audio Output" Option in the Settings is enabled.

[im-coder-lg]

Try setting the headphones for the speaker in the settings.

[melliiii]

Only Headphones are enabled and it wont output TTS. If i only enable the Monitor (directly below) it outputs

Output of the Console with only Headphones enabled

[im-coder-lg]

Not there, in GAUDC

[melliiii]

Thats all the settings i got

[im-coder-lg]

Wait what? Lemme check for a minute

[im-coder-lg]

I am posting an image, check that

[im-coder-lg]

See that :arrow_up:

[im-coder-lg]

If it is not there, you have to build it yourself. Tell me if you need here.

[melliiii]

Dont have those options :o Do i have build it from source or is there a compiled version?

[im-coder-lg]

Building from source is best. Do you know how?

[im-coder-lg]

If you don't then refer this: https://github.com/Melvin-Abraham/Google-Assistant-Unofficial-Desktop-Client/issues/490#issuecomment-901915422

[melliiii]

Yes I do ^^ Ill get back to you when im done

[im-coder-lg]

Don't forget: you need:

• Git
• Node JS LTS
• Windows Build Tools(npm install windows-build-tools? am I right here?)
• Visual Studio 2015/2019
• Python 3.8(Anaconda3 is suggested because it has the best Python ever.) I think that's it.

[melliiii]

I wanna build on my Programming VM, but it takes a while to boot xD I got all of that :3

[im-coder-lg]

Good!

[im-coder-lg]

What OS is it?

[melliiii]

Ubuntu :D Mostly used for Java programming

[im-coder-lg]

That surely does work.

[melliiii]

Yeah, all that stuff is on a Server thats in my bedroom ^^ But its rather old and the raid module only supports HDDs so it takes a while to start the Hyper-V instance etc

[im-coder-lg]

You must always remember, if there are new commits/features you ever want, you have to build it until the next release with the compiled version is out. And the next release will be a little sooner.

[im-coder-lg]

Now, does it successfully work?

[melliiii]

NPM install takes a while, ill get back to you when its done

[im-coder-lg]

• OS: Windows 10 Pro Build 19042.1165
• Version 1.0.0-rc.1 for Windows
• Headphones: Logitech G533
• Monitor: AOC 2460G5

Oof, the version:

• Version 1.0.0-rc.1 for Windows

Try using the latest release candidate(1.0.0-rc2) or build from source(which you are doing)

[melliiii]

Yeah thats a typo, it was rc.2

[im-coder-lg]

okay, now if the build succeeds, mainly, go check the dist folder. I don't know how the folder is but it might show something like linux-unpacked or something like that.

[melliiii]

Okay something is reeealllyyy weird

[melliiii]

Same issue as before, but now i have some more settings

[im-coder-lg]

what? change the speaker thing there. its not weird, it's full of features.

[melliiii]

If i start OBS to record, OBS captures the Audio i cant hear and if i replay the recording i really hear the sound. OBS only captures what i should hear so something fishy is going on

[im-coder-lg]

check this out:

change the speaker thing

[melliiii]

I did, changing works, but i still cant hear the TTS Audio but i see it in Windows Volume Mixer. And if i record what i should hear in OBS (desktop audio) i also hear what GAUDC says in the recording

[im-coder-lg]

If i start OBS to record, OBS captures the Audio i cant hear and if i replay the recording i really hear the sound. OBS only captures what i should hear so something fishy is going on

that is OBS. it captures all the audio, and I know it because, I was seeing a chess video and I wanted to test OBS but the audio went really down. But is the build and changing the speaker inside GAUDC work?

[melliiii]

Yeah changing speakers works... Maybe i just have to live with the fact, that i dont get Audio Playback of the text-to-speech voice over my headset and just let it output on my monitor

[im-coder-lg]

strange... /ping @Melvin-Abraham is this really fine? I have a wired headphone and I hear the ping in that properly. Try using wired headphones.

[im-coder-lg]

Yeah changing speakers works... Maybe i just have to live with the fact, that i dont get Audio Playback of the text-to-speech voice over my headset and just let it output on my monitor

wait does it work

[melliiii]

Just to clarify: No matter what audio device i use, the "ping" always is hearable. Text To Speech only works on the Monitor, not on the headset. Not even on the manual build where i can select the output device instead of it using standard

[im-coder-lg]

brb one min...

[im-coder-lg]

it works on my PC, I hear both the ping and the audio response. Maybe you must use wired headphones.

[melliiii]

Hmm i think i just let the output go to the monitor... Thats fine for now, but thank you very much for your help!

[im-coder-lg]

Anytime!

[Melvin-Abraham]

@melliiii This is definitely a bug. I will try to investigate. Reopening issue

[im-coder-lg]

oh yeah @Melvin-Abraham it doesn't work even if he switches speaker output in the settings, can you check about that? He told that he let the output go to the monitor too.

[melliiii]

@melliiii This is definitely a bug. I will try to investigate. Reopening issue

If you need any logs/specifications let me know ^^

oh yeah @Melvin-Abraham it doesn't work even if he switches speaker output in the settings, can you check about that? He told that he let the output go to the monitor too.

She*, actually :D But you couldnt have known

[im-coder-lg]

Sorry and oh yeah there was a log screenshot in this issue somewhere. Just FYI.

[Melvin-Abraham]

@melliiii What options do you have for "Microphone Source" and "Speaker Source" when connecting to your Bluetooth headset (connect first and then open the settings) and which options did you choose for respective the settings?

[melliiii]

Microphone Options:

Speaker Options:

Selected: Default Anua Mic CM 900 and currently 2460G5 (would be replaced by "Default Logitech G533" if I would get Audio on that thing)

[im-coder-lg]

Wait what? What was that? It is supposed to work! I use a Windows 7 computer with wired headphones and it works successfully. Ping+Text-to-Speech works(both) but what is that? is that buggy?

[melliiii]

Hm maybe its a Windows 10 thing?

[melliiii]

When i switch between Headset and monitor and it plays audio i get this Exception that isnt handled. But the Audio plays fine as long as I selected the monitor. Its thrown because player.start() is asynchronous

Still that shouldnt be an issue