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Hondo I. Sackett

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Re: Sound
Reply #10 - Dec 2^nd, 2015, 9:48pm

i didn't mess much more with the sound as I had other issues more pressing and ended up letting it sit. it was on one with a preloaded arcade setup. I had graphics issues, stalling issues, problems switching between game types, inability to save games, and every time you want to end a game you had to reset the whole system by pulling the power. they made no button to exit the game. Part of te reason I put it side was to mess with something more important. wanted to get back to it by now as I had planned on making original looking arcade machines with changeable games, that could double as a jukebox for game rooms. not necessarily to sell, at first, but for Christmas gifts. there are some new and better looking programs out there I might look into instead that I have read are more stable.

all I can sugest is getting another and a different version of linux. try the same system in a different pi and if it works then its a pi problem, if it still doesn't try the different OS. the pi's are very changeable to fit your project but not as forgiving as a PC.

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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out

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Re: Sound
Reply #11 - Dec 2^nd, 2015, 10:00pm

I went through the config file of Wheezy I use for the R-Pi2 and an older Wheezy for my R-Pi Model B & B+, an found this in the config file:

Quote:

# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output
#hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA)
#hdmi_group=1
#hdmi_mode=1

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
#hdmi_drive=2

Uncommenting the second red line was mentioned before, the first red line was not; only in my past post that links ELinux. There they say to add this:
hdmi_force_hotplug=1 (by uncommenting it in the config file)
hdmi_force_edid_audio=1 (by adding it under the one above to the config file)

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Fernando

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Re: Sound
Reply #12 - Dec 2^nd, 2015, 10:28pm

Quote from Hondo I. Sackett on Dec 2^nd, 2015, 9:48pm:

there are some new and better looking programs out there I might look into instead that I have read are more stable.

all I can sugest is getting another and a different version of linux. try the same system in a different pi and if it works then its a pi problem, if it still doesn't try the different OS. the pi's are very changeable to fit your project but not as forgiving as a PC.

I use PiMame, which is a bit of a headache to configure, but once it is set, it runs nicely to an extent... Some emulations it can not do or do so with problems: Sega Genesis and Playstation emulations are too slow and jittery. And computers - you need the files in their proper place like your Atari 800 files in the Atari 800 folder and your Commodore files in your Commodore folders, and finally there are 2 sets of arcade ROMs, you would need to dump them all into the Mame4All folder and then see what games crap out, note them and then move them into the MAME folder.

There are some Atari 800 games listed under as Arcade Machine files. They will not work unless you put a file "mf_achas.zip" in the Mame4All or MAME Folder, and the Atari 800 games will work on the arcade emulator.

On the R-Pi 2 and Banana Pi (I have not tried it on either), arcade emulation is a lot cleaner and faster because of their increased RAM and Dual Core (on the B-Pi) and Quad Core (on the R-Pi 2) processors. RetroPi has been updated for the R-Pi2, but not PiMame.

EDIT: I forgot to ask - is the config file set to overclock the R-Pi? With arcade emulation, the R-Pi should be overclocked to 900MHz safely without heatsinks. Higher speeds can be achieved but for an arcade emulator - you should get heatsinks for the R-Pi.

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Re: Sound
Reply #13 - Dec 2^nd, 2015, 11:31pm

not sure if it is or not. I bought a "pre setup" package online last november. they didn't d a good job. most the games "work" but it's poorly setup. I need to dig it out again. can't seem to locate it right off hand. It could be anywhere. thats why I need my own damned house so I can setup a computer/electronics area and not have anyone bitching about me leaving stuff in one area! I think the emulator was retro pi on that one. don't get me wrong, the old pi boards have their place but these newer dual core units are the way to go. plan to run a banana or a cubie in the arcade so I can pull songs (for the jukebox part) off a sata drive.

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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out

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Re: Sound
Reply #14 - Dec 3^rd, 2015, 12:03am

I'll get an SD Card or two and send you a copy of mine. I know it works. It even saved a marriage...

Last year my friend came to NYC from Seattle, he grew up here, went to the Navy, got married and been there since. But while he was over here, he as telling me that his wife was giving him BS and Drama, and told him that she would cut it out and behave if he got her a Q-Bert arcade Machine - the actual machine. Why? I don't know. The woman is strange like that... but I got him an R-Pi Mod and gave him one of my PiMame distro on it and put in the 3 Q-Bert Arcade games made. I showed him how it works on my R-Pi and he was like - We need to build a mini console! He got a cigar box and a 10in screen and a few other things and had it built in a couple of days! (He's good with his hands, then again he was a nuke arms tech on the Nimitz... sooo...)

He went back to Seattle with the mini arcade and gave it to his wife. Long story short, it saved his marriage according to him, but he complains that she's on the mini arcade all the time - LOL!

What can I say?
@!#?@!

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Re: Sound
Reply #15 - Dec 3^rd, 2015, 9:23am

Quote from Fernando on Dec 2^nd, 2015, 9:25pm:

I still think that this is a software problem, and its in the config file.

Somewhere, I need to find it again, there is a config setting and console line input to turn on both the HDMI audio and the headphone audio. Though this link is for a single device output, have you tinkered with the raspi-config? It's in the middle of the page of this link:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/audio-config.md

ELinux Troubleshooting Wiki has a bit more Raspberry Pi information you could try - I linked it to the sound since the whole page is about issues one may have with the R-Pi and possible solutions. ELinux is a Linux support site and not a Raspberry Pi Site but do support the R-Pi because it uses several forms of Linux.
http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Sound
http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Sound_does_not_work_with_an_HDMI_monitor

I tried that. I switched back to the headphone for the time being so I can listen to Megurine Luka sing “Scarborough Fair.”

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Re: Sound
Reply #16 - Dec 3^rd, 2015, 9:27am

Quote from Fernando on Dec 2^nd, 2015, 10:00pm:

I went through the config file of Wheezy I use for the R-Pi2 and an older Wheezy for my R-Pi Model B & B+, an found this in the config file:

Quote:

# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output
#hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA)
#hdmi_group=1
#hdmi_mode=1

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
#hdmi_drive=2

Uncommenting the second red line was mentioned before, the first red line was not; only in my past post that links ELinux. There they say to add this:
hdmi_force_hotplug=1 (by uncommenting it in the config file)
hdmi_force_edid_audio=1 (by adding it under the one above to the config file)

I tried that.

Jeanette Isabelle

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Fernando YaBB Administrator NY City Posts: 2380 Gender:	Re: Sound Reply #17 - Dec 3^rd, 2015, 10:26am Sorry to hear that nothing but the audio jack has worked, Jeanette.
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Jeanette Experianced Posts: 1154	Re: Sound Reply #18 - Dec 3^rd, 2015, 10:56am I'll try Hondo's idea and try another Pi; the one I want to get is currently sold out. Jeanette Isabelle
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Fernando YaBB Administrator NY City Posts: 2380 Gender:	Re: Sound Reply #19 - Dec 3^rd, 2015, 11:26am Which one? Either way, the Models A, A+, B, B+ and I suspect the R-Pi:0 use a 5V 1amp "cellphone charger." The R-Pi 2 needs more power to run due to its 4 core CPU, so you will need a 5V 2amp charger to run it.
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