USB thumb drive audio issue on Raspberry Pi 3?

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Hello, seem to have an issue with no sound being passed through my Raspberry Pi 3 when playing movie files. I have the OSMC July 2016 update installed ok and have no playback issues with my Sony TV and Sony soundbar.

But I have some movies on a USB stick which I have inserted into the USB bank on the PI and I can access them via the Kodi/OSMC File Explorer.

But when I play them, no sound is being heard at all.

As far I can can see, I have all the passthrough settings correct on the Sony Soundbar (connected via the ARC HDMI port) and on Kodi so I can’t see any obvious mistake?

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Do they play on any other device with audio?

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Yes plugged the drive into my Macbook, no audio issues

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Do you hear audio when passthrough is disabled?
What is the audio format of the files that are silent?

Note: many TV’s won’t pass passthrough formats through toslink or ARC.
AC3 is sometimes supported. DTS is much more rarely supported. See:

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The files I am trying to play are MKV files (Matroska Video File) so should I convert them to mpeg or something more acceptable to Kodi/OSMC?

I have no audio when I turn the passthought on or off so maybe a file issue I guess

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Provide mediainfo of the file and we can confirm one way or the other.

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Ok how do I that please (I’m on a Macbook here)

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To get a better understanding of the problem you are experiencing we need more information, including logs from you. Please see How to submit a useful support request - General - OSMC for advice on how to help us help you.

It’s in the link here.

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Ok installed Mediainfo app and here is the details I have back when I opened one of the MKV:

General
Complete name : Insurrection S1 E8.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 1
File size : 879 MiB
Duration : 23 min
Overall bit rate : 5 141 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2016-07-24 16:24:44
Writing library : WonderShare Matroska Muxer

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=25
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 23 min
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 23 min
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 spf)
Compression mode : Lossy
Default : Yes
Forced : No

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The file looks fine.

Exactly how are all these devices connected to eachother?

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I’ll check but its via the ARC HDMI port on the soundbar and the PI is connect directly into the back of the TV.

Btw, when I change the sound to the TV output I still get no audio

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I’m not sure that an ARC port should exist on the soundbar. ARC should be on the TV.

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Ok… there is a port called TV (ARC) on the soundbar and I have it connected to the ARC port on the Sony TV… the Raspberry Pi is connected to a HDMI port on the TV.

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So did you check ARC settings on the TV itself?

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Yes I did, playing movies and there’s no issues with sound…

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So the issue is resolved?

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Excuse me, misphrased that. Meant to say, I can stream movies and they play with sound no issues.

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Then provide logs of a file failing to play correctly.

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Here is the log location of my playing for the file, hope this is correct

http://paste.osmc.io/ajuwigudof

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@ActionA, did you manage to look at these log files? tks