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Hiss on audio, but only when nothing is playing and the sound is active
Boosting the master output on ALSA helped- it seems that the hiss is constant volume regardless of ALSA setting, so a volume boost increases S/N ratio. I'm somewhat limited in that regard though, since my amp is based on an ST class D part: ht…

Comment by pilesofspam September 2014 permalink
Hiss on audio, but only when nothing is playing and the sound is active
Not seeing quite the same thing. My noise is from both speakers, but when I start, say, Joust, it plays the hiss until I start the first game and the first sound is heard. Then it's gone, but kind of sneaks in now and then when there's s…

Comment by pilesofspam August 2014 permalink
Permanent sound with VGA?
There's a LOT of awesome in that picture. What's your controls setup for piplay?

Comment by pilesofspam August 2014 permalink
Hiss on audio, but only when nothing is playing and the sound is active
I tried on the Model B original (the one that came with 256MB ram) and found the same effect, so it's not a specific hardware thing. I put it in an obvious mode (amp turned up a bit, sound volume turned to 50%) and took this recording while in…

Comment by pilesofspam August 2014 permalink
Hiss on audio, but only when nothing is playing and the sound is active
Thank you for the reply! I didn't specifically update the alsa drivers, but I did run an update on everything, assuming that picked up the latest version. Version info below. I am running out of the 3.5mm headphones jack. I thought it might…

Comment by pilesofspam August 2014 permalink

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