Raspberry PI 4B , Alexa says hello Ok, but No audio playback with status code 400

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Output of the audio debugging script.

!!################################ !!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.64 !!################################

!!Script ran on: Sat Mar 7 21:43:32 UTC 2020

!!Linux Distribution !!------------------

ID_LIKE=debian

!!DMI Information !!---------------

Manufacturer:
Product Name:
Product Version:
Firmware Version:

!!Kernel Information !!------------------

Kernel release: 4.19.97-v7l Operating System: GNU/Linux Architecture: armv7l Processor: unknown SMP Enabled: Yes

!!ALSA Version !!------------

Driver version: k4.19.97-v7l Library version: 1.1.8 Utilities version: 1.1.8

!!Loaded ALSA modules !!-------------------

snd_bcm2835 snd_usb_audio

!!Sound Servers on this system !!----------------------------

Pulseaudio: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) Running - Yes

Jack: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/jackd) Running - No

!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA !!-----------------------------

0 [ALSA ]: bcm2835_alsa - bcm2835 ALSA bcm2835 ALSA 1 [Headset ]: USB-Audio - Logitech USB Headset Logitech Logitech USB Headset at usb-0000:01:00.0-1.1, full speed

!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system !!--------------------------------------

!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Subsystem ID's !!-------------------------------------------------------

!!Modprobe options (Sound related) !!--------------------------------

snd_pcsp: index=-2 snd_usb_audio: index=-2 snd_atiixp_modem: index=-2 snd_intel8x0m: index=-2 snd_via82xx_modem: index=-2

!!Loaded sound module options !!---------------------------

!!Module: snd_bcm2835 enable_compat_alsa : Y enable_hdmi : N enable_headphones : N force_bulk : N

!!Module: snd_usb_audio autoclock : Y device_setup : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 enable : Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y id : (null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null) ignore_ctl_error : N index : -2,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 pid : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 quirk_alias : (null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null) use_vmalloc : Y vid : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1

!!USB Mixer information !!--------------------- --startcollapse--

USB Mixer: usb_id=0x046d0a0b, ctrlif=0, ctlerr=0 Card: Logitech Logitech USB Headset at usb-0000:01:00.0-1.1, full speed Unit: 1 Control: name="Headphone Playback Volume", index=0 Info: id=1, control=2, cmask=0x3, channels=2, type="S16" Volume: min=-10496, max=768, dBmin=-4100, dBmax=300 Unit: 1 Control: name="Headphone Playback Switch", index=0 Info: id=1, control=1, cmask=0x0, channels=1, type="INV_BOOLEAN" Volume: min=0, max=1, dBmin=0, dBmax=0 Unit: 2 Control: name="Mic Capture Volume", index=0 Info: id=2, control=2, cmask=0x0, channels=1, type="S16" Volume: min=4096, max=7424, dBmin=1600, dBmax=2900 Unit: 2 Control: name="Mic Capture Switch", index=0 Info: id=2, control=1, cmask=0x0, channels=1, type="INV_BOOLEAN" Volume: min=0, max=1, dBmin=0, dBmax=0 Unit: 6 Control: name="Mic Playback Volume", index=0 Info: id=6, control=2, cmask=0x0, channels=1, type="S16" Volume: min=-10496, max=-3072, dBmin=-4100, dBmax=-1200 Unit: 6 Control: name="Mic Playback Switch", index=0 Info: id=6, control=1, cmask=0x0, channels=1, type="INV_BOOLEAN" Volume: min=0, max=1, dBmin=0, dBmax=0 --endcollapse--

!!ALSA Device nodes !!-----------------

crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 Mar 7 16:26 /dev/snd/controlC0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 32 Mar 7 16:30 /dev/snd/controlC1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 Mar 7 16:26 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 17 Mar 7 16:26 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 18 Mar 7 16:26 /dev/snd/pcmC0D2p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 56 Mar 7 16:30 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 48 Mar 7 21:37 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Mar 7 16:26 /dev/snd/seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Mar 7 16:26 /dev/snd/timer

/dev/snd/by-id: total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Mar 7 16:30 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 260 Mar 7 16:30 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 7 16:30 usb-Logitech_Logitech_USB_Headset-00 -> ../controlC1

/dev/snd/by-path: total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Mar 7 16:30 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 260 Mar 7 16:30 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 7 16:30 platform-fd500000.pcie-pci-0000:01:00.0-usb-0:1.1:1.0 -> ../controlC1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 7 16:26 platform-soc:audio -> ../controlC0

!!Aplay/Arecord output !!--------------------

APLAY

List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA] Subdevices: 7/7 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 1: bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 2: bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1 [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: Headset [Logitech USB Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

ARECORD

List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices card 1: Headset [Logitech USB Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

!!Amixer output !!-------------

!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [ALSA]

Card hw:0 'ALSA'/'bcm2835 ALSA' Mixer name : 'Broadcom Mixer' Components : '' Controls : 5 Simple ctrls : 1 Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback -10239 - 400 Mono: Playback -10239 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [on]

!!-------Mixer controls for card 1 [Headset]

Card hw:1 'Headset'/'Logitech Logitech USB Headset at usb-0000:01:00.0-1.1, full speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB046d:0a0b' Controls : 9 Simple ctrls : 2 Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 44 Mono: Front Left: Playback 43 [98%] [2.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 43 [98%] [2.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined cvolume cvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 29 Capture 0 - 13 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-41.00dB] [off] Capture 13 [100%] [29.00dB] [on]

!!Alsactl output !!--------------

--startcollapse-- state.ALSA { control.1 { iface MIXER name 'PCM Playback Volume' value -10239 comment { access 'read write' type INTEGER count 1 range '-10239 - 400' dbmin -9999999 dbmax 400 dbvalue.0 -9999999 } } control.2 { iface MIXER name 'PCM Playback Switch' value true comment { access 'read write' type BOOLEAN count 1 } } control.3 { iface MIXER name 'PCM Playback Route' value 0 comment { access 'read write' type INTEGER count 1 range '0 - 3' } } control.4 { iface PCM name 'IEC958 Playback Default' value '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' comment { access 'read write' type IEC958 count 1 } } control.5 { iface PCM name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask' value '0200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' comment { access read type IEC958 count 1 } } } state.Headset { control.1 { iface PCM name 'Playback Channel Map' value.0 0 value.1 0 comment { access read type INTEGER count 2 range '0 - 36' } } control.2 { iface PCM name 'Capture Channel Map' value 2 comment { access read type INTEGER count 1 range '0 - 36' } } control.3 { iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Switch' value false comment { access 'read write' type BOOLEAN count 1 } } control.4 { iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Volume' value 0 comment { access 'read write' type INTEGER count 1 range '0 - 29' dbmin -4100 dbmax -1200 dbvalue.0 -4100 } } control.5 { iface MIXER name 'Headphone Playback Switch' value true comment { access 'read write' type BOOLEAN count 1 } } control.6 { iface MIXER name 'Headphone Playback Volume' value.0 43 value.1 43 comment { access 'read write' type INTEGER count 2 range '0 - 44' dbmin -4100 dbmax 300 dbvalue.0 200 dbvalue.1 200 } } control.7 { iface MIXER name 'Mic Capture Switch' value true comment { access 'read write' type BOOLEAN count 1 } } control.8 { iface MIXER name 'Mic Capture Volume' value 13 comment { access 'read write' type INTEGER count 1 range '0 - 13' dbmin 1600 dbmax 2900 dbvalue.0 2900 } } control.9 { iface CARD name 'Keep Interface' value false comment { access 'read write' type BOOLEAN count 1 } } } --endcollapse--

!!All Loaded Modules !!------------------

Module nfnetlink_queue nfnetlink_log nfnetlink rfcomm bnep hci_uart btbcm serdev bluetooth ecdh_generic fuse 8021q garp stp llc evdev brcmfmac brcmutil vc4 sha256_generic drm_kms_helper cfg80211 rfkill snd_soc_core raspberrypi_hwmon hwmon snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine syscopyarea sysfillrect snd_usb_audio sysimgblt fb_sys_fops snd_hwdep i2c_bcm2835 snd_usbmidi_lib snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device v3d gpu_sched bcm2835_codec bcm2835_v4l2 v4l2_mem2mem bcm2835_mmal_vchiq v4l2_common videobuf2_dma_contig videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_common drm videodev drm_panel_orientation_quirks media ir_rc6_decoder rpivid_mem vc_sm_cma uio_pdrv_genirq gpio_ir_tx gpio_ir_recv uio i2c_dev snd_bcm2835 snd_pcm snd_timer snd ip_tables x_tables ipv6

!!ALSA/HDA dmesg !!--------------

[ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 1011008 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=0 cma=64M cma=256M video=HDMI-A-1:720x576M@50,margin_left=32,margin_right=32,margin_top=32,margin_bottom=32 smsc95xx.macaddr=DC:A6:32:74:36:35 vc_mem.mem_base=0x3ec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x40000000 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=5e3da3da-02 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)

[ 2.104563] systemd[1]: Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System... [ 2.255459] snd_bcm2835: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 2.261926] bcm2835_audio soc:audio: card created with 8 channels

[ 3.715314] [drm] Initialized v3d 1.0.0 20180419 for fec00000.v3d on minor 0 [ 4.074989] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio [ 4.167435] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database

Your OS (including version) where you are running AlexaPi: Note: Raspbian older than Stretch is not supported!

Linux raspberrypi 4.19.97-v7l+ #1294 SMP Thu Jan 30 13:21:14 GMT 2020 armv7l GNU/Linux

Your hardware platform and model you are running on:

Raspberry Pi4B

Python release (python3 --version):

Python 3.7.3

Description of problem:

Alexa  can hello and it can also say  'yes' , but  either does not listen to my question or my PI can not decode the message with a status code 400

Expected:

Alexa should answer my question

Problem-relevant config.yaml entries:

# See https://github.com/alexa-pi/AlexaPi/wiki/Audio-setup-&-debugging
# to get a better idea of how to set things in here

# Level of log output
# default: INFO
# set to DEBUG for verbose logging
logging: INFO

sound:
  # Name of your microphone device: "raspberrypi"
  # leave empty for default
  input_device: ""

  playback_handler: "vlc"

  # you can go here with alsa, pulse or others
  # keep blank for the best audio output selected by the underlying code
  output: "alsa"
  # output device: "raspberrypi"
  # currently supports ALSA only
  output_device: "default"

  # if left empty, won't be passed to the underlying library / command if it supports it
  # if it doesn't 100% will be used
  default_volume: 80

  # Means the same as above, but is used for media (playing music for example)
  # Leave blank to use the same setting as for speech content
  media_output:
  media_output_device:
  media_default_volume:

  # Some device: "raspberrypi"
  # value is the number of seconds of silence to pad the beginning and end of the audio. Only
  # the sox handler supports this configuration option.
  playback_padding: 0

# Amazon Alexa settings
alexa:

# See https://github.com/alexa-pi/AlexaPi/wiki/Triggers for the description of these options
triggers:
  platform:
    enabled: true
    voice_confirm: false

    # one of: oneshot-vad, continuous, continuous-vad
    event_type: "oneshot-vad"

    # only for "continuous" event_types
    long_press:
      # system command to run after pressing the button for _duration_ number of seconds
      # empty to disable
      command: ""

      # duration in seconds
      duration: 10

      # CURRENTLY DISABLED
      # optional audio file to play before executing the command
      # you might wanna use full path to make sure AlexaPi finds it
      # you can use {resources_path} for the path to the AlexaPi "resources" directory
      audio_file: ""

  pocketsphinx:
    enabled: true
    voice_confirm: true

    phrase: "alexa"
    threshold: 1e-10

  snowboy:
    enabled: false
    voice_confirm: true

    # Use your own model or a file from the default snowboy distribution:
    #
    # {distribution}/alexa.umdl
    # {distribution}/snowboy.umdl
    # {distribution}/alexa/alexa_02092017.umdl
    # {distribution}/alexa/alexa-avs-sample-app/alexa.umdl

    model: "{distribution}/alexa/alexa_02092017.umdl"
    sensitivity: 0.5

# Commands to run before and after an interaction begins. Leave empty to disable.
event_commands:

  # Example used to lower shairport-sync volume during interaction with alexa
  #     startup: "amixer set shairportvolume 100%"
  #     pre_interaction: "amixer set shairportvolume 10%-""
  #     post_interaction: "amixer set shairportvolume 10%+""
  # Note this assumes you have redirected shairport-syncs audio to a seperate softdevice
  # with control "shairportvolume". Example asound.conf avalible in the scripts folder

  # Command to run at the start of AlexaPi
  startup: ""

  # Command to run after a trigger is detected but before an interaction begins
  pre_interaction: ""

  # Command to run after the interaction has completed
  post_interaction: ""

  # Command to run during a clean shutdown of AlexaPi
  shutdown: ""

platform:
  # Name of your platform, e.g. raspberrypi, orangepi, desktop
  device: "raspberrypi"

platforms:
  # common config for all platforms (if they support the options)
  # can be overriden in the the respective platform sections
  common:

  chip:
    # GPIO Pin with button connected
    button: XIO-P1
    # GPIO Pin for the playback/activity light
    plb_light: XIO-P3
    # GPIO Pin for the recording light
    rec_light: XIO-P5

  raspberrypi:
    # GPIO Pin with button connected
    button: 18
    # GPIO Pin for the playback/activity light
    plb_light: 24
    # GPIO Pin for the recording light
    rec_light: 25

  orangepi:
    # GPIO Pin with button connected
    button: 20
    # GPIO Pin for the playback/activity light
    plb_light: 9
    # GPIO Pin for the recording light
    rec_light: 8

  desktop:
    min_seconds_to_record: 3

  dummy:

  magicmirror:
    # Magic Mirror - github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
    # Integrates with MMM-AlexaPi module (github.com/dgonano/MMM-AlexaPi) to display listening, playback, etc status
    # Hostname of the AlexaPi HTTP server, leave empty for any name
    hostname: ""
    # Port the ALexaPi HTTTP server binds to
    port: 5055
    # Hostname of the Magic Mirror
    mm_hostname: "localhost"
    # Port of the Magic Mirror
    mm_port: "8080"
    # How ofter the Hearbeat fires in seconds
    hb_timer: 5

  hyperion:
    # Hostname of the Hyperion node's JSON server
    hyperion_json_host: "127.0.0.1"
    # Port of the Hyperion node's JSON server
    hyperion_json_port: 19444
    # Visual status as static 'color' or 'effect'
    # Overridden by 'hyperion_flash_state_xxx'
    hyperion_mode: "effect"
    # Running speed when visualizing as 'effect'
    hyperion_effect_speed: 1
    hyperion_priority: 1
    color_playback: [80, 213, 35]
    color_processing: [35,169,213]
    color_recording: [168, 35, 213]
    flash_duration: 500
    flash_frequency: 8
    # Use Strobe effect instead of default effect or static color
    flash_state_playback: true
    flash_state_processing: false
    flash_state_recording: false
    # Visualize playback state
    indicate_playback: true
    #Also print json request/response when in debug mode
    verbose: false

  serial:
    port: "/dev/ttyACM0"
    baudrate: 9600
    messages:
      trigger: ""
      playback_start: "g"
      playback_end: "x"
      recording_start: ""
      recording_end: ""
      processing_start: ""
      processing_end: ""
      failure: ""
      success: ""

Steps to reproduce:

Traceback (if applicable):

Additional info:

# /opt/AlexaPi/src/main.py -d

2020-03-07 21:06:00 INFO: Triggered: pocketsphinx
2020-03-07 21:06:00 DEBUG: Stopping audio play
2020-03-07 21:06:00 DEBUG: Playing audio: /opt/AlexaPi/src/resources/alexayes.mp3
2020-03-07 21:06:00 DEBUG: Player State: State.Opening
2020-03-07 21:06:00 DEBUG: Player State: State.Playing
2020-03-07 21:06:00 DEBUG: Started play. 
2020-03-07 21:06:00 DEBUG: Player State: State.Ended
2020-03-07 21:06:00 DEBUG: Finished play. 
2020-03-07 21:06:00 DEBUG: Recording: Setting up
2020-03-07 21:06:00 DEBUG: Recording: Start
2020-03-07 21:06:00 DEBUG: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): access-alexa-na.amazon.com:443
2020-03-07 21:06:02 DEBUG: Start sending speech to Alexa Voice Service
2020-03-07 21:06:08 DEBUG: Recording: End
2020-03-07 21:06:08 DEBUG: Finished sending speech to Alexa Voice Service
2020-03-07 21:06:09 DEBUG: Processing Request Response...
2020-03-07 21:06:09 INFO: (process_response Error) Status Code: 400

alexa-pi / AlexaPi

Raspberry PI 4B , Alexa says hello Ok, but No audio playback with status code 400 #489

[ 2.104563] systemd[1]: Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System... [ 2.255459] snd_bcm2835: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 2.261926] bcm2835_audio soc:audio: card created with 8 channels