Help requested - Raspotify on rpi3 with 3.5mm jack no audio

[Skye071]

I am trying to get audio out of the 3.5mm jack of my rpi3 when using Raspotify, so far no luck.

This is my config and the logs I see:

Anyone had the same problem and knows how to get it working? Thanks!

[fzinken]

@Skye071

Anyone had the same problem and knows how to get it working? Thanks

Did you follow the advice you got last time?

Raspotify analog audio output configuration

Hi I just installed raspotify and it gets picked up fine, I’d like it to output audio on the analog output rather than HDMI. What are the configuration settings for this? When googling I find hits other disk images where tools are installed that are not the case in OSMC. Thanks!

[Skye071]

Yep, as you can see I added the --device hw:0 parameter.

That’s all that I can deduce from the thread you linked to that could influence the output going to the analog output. Am I overlooking something?

[fzinken]

@Skye071

That’s all that I can deduce from the thread

Did you read it till the end?
Eg someone writing this in post 67

[HowTo] Spotify-Connect support via Raspotify (LibreSpot)

So after doing some investigating my attention was drawn to this line in the config. To choose a different output device (ie a USB audio dongle or HDMI audio out), use --device with something like --device hw:0,1. Your mileage may vary. Investigating the different device options, I believe that hw:0,1 indicates that you want the audio to be output over HDMI… On a whim I tried setting this in my config for raspotify like so and restarted the raspotify service: OPTIONS="–username xxxx --pas…

[dillthedog]

My understanding is that the device number can sometimes change. You should run aplay -L (from the alsa-utils package). This will give something like:

osmc@osmc:~$ aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=ALSA
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=ALSA
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Default Audio Device
dmix:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
    Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
    Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
    Hardware device with all software conversions

My reading of this is that there are two “hw” sinks: hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0 and hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1, with the latter being HDMI-related. See what aplay -L on your Pi shows and try the long-form (non-HDMI) device identifier in the raspotify command,

[Skye071]

This is what I get:

osmc@SkyPi3:~$ aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=ALSA
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=ALSA
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Default Audio Device
dmix:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
    Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
    Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
    Hardware device with all software conversions

So this would mean device 0 should be the correct one, no?

@fzinken you are linking to a reply that talks about connecting the audio to the HDMI, I would like it to play on the analog 3.5mm jack as my Logitech speakers are connected to that.

Any other ideas what might help? Thanks

[dillthedog]

Did you try my recommendation?

[Skye071]

Yes, I changed the config to

"--device hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0"

and restarted the raspotify service, still no audio. Checked with alsamixer, put it at maximum, put the speakers at maximum, no audio. When playing something in Kodi, the audio works fine.

[dillthedog]

@Skye071

"--device hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0"

With or without the double quotes?

[Skye071]

With double quotes, as the examples in the config file all have doubles quotes:

service status gives:

[dillthedog]

Have you seen this thread?

Spotify only playing back from HDMI

[Skye071]

Thanks, editting the /boot/config.txt file and adding hdmi_ignore_edid_audio=1, doing a reboot fixed the issue. Upped the volume with alsamixer and all runs fine, thanks for the help

[dillthedog]

Thanks for the feedback. I don’t have Spotify, so couldn’t test it myself. Good to hear it’s now up and running.

[Aspic]

hi i’ve done editting the /boot/config.txt file and adding `hdmi_ignore_edid_audio=1 but it is not working…where do you wrote it ? at the bottom ? with # before ?
thanks

[fzinken]

@Aspic

at the bottom ? with # before ?

Doesn’t matter where, but surely not with a # as that would disable the entry as it indicate a comment.

[ellischeng123]

Take the long form as the args works perfectly for me! Then use alsamixer to turn the volume to the best spot.

Appreciate!