No sound after quit RetroArch

[Homeye]

My spec are: Raspberry Pi3 LibreELEC (Krypton) v7.90.009 ALPHA Latest Gamestarter Pi (Download script.gamestarter-v2.6-LE8alpha.zip for LibreELEC 8) and Internet Archive ROM Launcher

After i configured the addons, i was able to run Snes games form the Archive. There was no performance or sound issues. But, when i finish my game and hit "quit from retroarch". After that my RPi reboot back to Kodi but there's no sound. I need to reboot my RPi to get sound. I'm using the official A/V Composite Cable to connect it to my CRT tv.

Is there any way to config my machine to have sound after i quit RetroArch?

[bite-your-idols]

did you try using Gamestarter addon or advanced emulator launcher directly? is this issue happening everytime you use IARL or just the first time, after installation? can you paste here gamestarter.log output? (/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.gamestarter/gamestarter.log)

when back in kodi with no sound try this via ssh: modprobe snd_bcm2835

[Homeye]

(first: sry for my english, it's not my native language) I'm using the Internet Archive ROM Launcher to download the roms and it's using the gamestarter addon the launch them. It happens every time. When i finish the game, i press the big XBOX Guide button on my xone controller. Retroarch menu opens up, i choose "quit retroarch". And after the reboot, there's no sound in Kodi till i reboot my rpi3. There's no gamestarter.log in that folder, only settings.xml. modprobe snd_bcm2835: sound is back. how can i solve that without type in every time? :)

[bite-your-idols]

it seems IARL is not weel configured or it is causing some launch issue. When launching gamestarter it stands still waiting for exiting retroarch, then it executes modprobe snd_bcm2835. Here, it seem that when launching IARL gamestarter is not running but only retroarch, so when exiting retroarch, gamestarter is not setting your audio back since it it not running.

Please check that your IARL config is correct, selecting gamestarter.start not retroarch binary when selecting its parameters.

[Homeye]

Where do i need to change this setting? Atm i'm using "My system type: openelecrpi(gamestarter addon" and i don't see any retroarch binary option. Edit: When i just start the gamestarter addon, not start any game and quit right after it's boot up, i have the same problem.

[bite-your-idols]

ok, if it is happening also with retroarch let's try to fix that. I think it could be due to composite audio exit, you need to take a look to kodi log and gamestarter log when launching gamestarter, then also when going back to kodi. I don't understand so well audio outputs in linux but you can try to force analog exit in your boot config: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt.md

[Homeye]

I can't check the forcing analog sound option atm, but here's my gamestarter log:

::Gamestarter:: -> disable alsa... ::Gamestarter:: -> restart kodi...

And these are all my logs (what i found): logs.zip

[Serg86]

I use LibreElec 8 and the corresponding Gamestarter version (LE8 2.7), I also had this problem when returning to Kodi, the jack audio didn't work.

modprobe snd_bcm2835 fixes it. I looked into the gamestarter.start script file and you do a rmmod snd_bcm2835 before launching Kodi, I commented out this line and it worked, when restarting Kodi, jack audio and HDMI both work. I don't remember having this problem on LibreElec 7.

Edit: I was looking for a way to enable both HDMI and analogue audio out, at the same time, since that is what I use in Kodi. I've been searching for a few hours now and did not find a solution, but I created a simple script which toggles between HDMI and Analogue out, I've created a Audio-Toggle.sh file in the "roms/ports" folder:

#!/bin/sh

TOGGLE=$(amixer cget numid=3 | grep values=2)

if [ "$TOGGLE" == "" ]; then
        amixer -q cset numid=3 2
else
        amixer -q cset numid=3 1
fi

Kodi does not seem affected by this at all.

If you know how to enable both at the same time, please let me know.

[AndreaRigoni]

Hi All .. I found a clue:

in file: /storage/.kodi/addons/script.gamestarter/resources/bin/gamestarter.start

I commented out this line:

Disable ALSA

echo '::Gamestarter:: -> disable alsa...' >> $LOG_FILE
rmmod snd_bcm2835

And now it works ..

cheers

[bite-your-idols]

fixed in latest v2.8 update