WAY too loud
  • smelv
    Hi all my first post so be gentle to me

    I've just finished building the Pimoroni Picade which is recommended except its WAY too loud. I'm banned from playing it. Editing the rc.local file to run amixer cset numid=3 1 at boot up solved the no sound problem but adding amixer sset PCM,0 50% to reduce the volume has no effect.

    However, if I try sudo amixer sset PCM,0 50% in the command line and then test a .wav file the volume is reduced. It appears PiPlay doesn't respect the volume setting and reverts to 100% volume every time it boots up.

    This was discussed in a previous thread with the conclusion it's an Alsa problem but I'm not convinced.
  • mholgatemmholgatem
    Make sure that you have alsa-utils installed, believe that is what you need to make it persistent between boots
    sudo apt-get install alsa-utils

  • smelv
    Thanks. It is installed though. Just re-checked.

    The rc.local file shows it at 30%
    The /var/lib/alsa/asound.state shows the sound to be less than 100%

    But it still defaults to 100% on booting. Very odd
  • mholgatemmholgatem
    are you using
    sudo alsactl store
    to store the settings? You have to include the 'sudo' to run it with root permissions, since it's a protected file.
  • smelv
    No I was using nano. Just tried the above as well though which hasn't helped.

    I'm sure it's something simple. If only I knew what
  • mholgatemmholgatem
    This is pretty much the most inclusive tutorial on also that I have come across, it's usually what I check when I have sound problems.
    http://blog.scphillips.com/2013/01/sound-configuration-on-raspberry-pi-with-alsa/
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