ODROID XU4 sound issues

Troubleshooting
1

Hi,

I do not have sound with hdmi cable, anyone with this issue ?

PS: using latest dietpi version.

thanks in advance

2

Hi,

Thanks for the report.

Lets get some more info, please can you paste results of the following commands:

aplay -l
aplay -L
dpkg -l | grep alsa | awk '{print $2}'
dpkg -l | grep pulse | awk '{print $2}'
cat /etc/asound.conf
3

Hello here goes.

root@DietPi:~# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: odroidaudio [odroid-audio], device 0: i2s0-sec dummy-aif1-0
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: odroidaudio [odroid-audio], device 1: i2s0-pri dummy-aif2-1
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


root@DietPi:~# aplay -L
default
Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
sysdefault:CARD=odroidaudio
odroid-audio,
Default Audio Device
dmix:CARD=odroidaudio,DEV=0
odroid-audio,
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=odroidaudio,DEV=1
odroid-audio,
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=odroidaudio,DEV=0
odroid-audio,
Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=odroidaudio,DEV=1
odroid-audio,
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=odroidaudio,DEV=0
odroid-audio,
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=odroidaudio,DEV=1
odroid-audio,
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=odroidaudio,DEV=0
odroid-audio,
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=odroidaudio,DEV=1
odroid-audio,
Hardware device with all software conversions


root@DietPi:~# dpkg -l | grep alsa | awk ‘{print $2}’
alsa-base
alsa-utils

root@DietPi:~# dpkg -l | grep pulse | awk ‘{print $2}’
libpulse-mainloop-glib0:armhf
libpulse0:armhf
libpulsedsp:armhf
pulseaudio
pulseaudio-utils

root@DietPi:~# cat /etc/asound.conf
cat: /etc/asound.conf: No such file or directory


thanks

4

Thanks Vladdrac,

Please copy and paste this code into a terminal, then reboot your system:

cat << _EOF_ > /etc/asound.conf
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
		pcm "hw:0,0"
		format S16_LE
		rate 44100
	}
}

ctl.!default {
        type hw
        card 0
}
_EOF_

Let me know if this resolves the issue.

Also, which program are you running, Kodi?

5

Hi Fourdee, thanks for the reply,

Yes I’m running Kodi, but with those changes there is no sound yet.


Regards

6

Hi Again,

solved by changing the boot.ini configuration file

was setenv vout_mode “dvi”

changed to setenv vout_mode “hdmi”

Another thing, when choosing 1280x720p (I only have a HD(720p) TV not Full HD(1080)) the tv cannot sync the image, I have changed the setting in the boot.ini but with no luck, when chooding 1080p, the image itself doesnt fit on the tv.

thanks

7

Hi Vlad,

Strange, hdmi is the default setting for XU4 boot.ini in DietPi. I’ll take a look through the code to see if its being changed.


Sounds like overscan.

Try replacing the option “setenv videoconfig” with one of these in /DietPi/boot.ini:

# 1280x720 (720P) with monitor provided EDID information. (720p-edid)
setenv videoconfig "video=HDMI-A-1:1280x720@60"




# 1920x1080 (1080P) with monitor provided EDID information. (1080p-edid)
setenv videoconfig "video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080@60"

Failing that, on your monitor, usually under “zoom” options, try setting to “16:9” or “Native” or “Centre”.