Volume not restored after boot/reboot

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1

I have change alsa setting by doing
sudo alsactl store
and I can see kernel generate /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
The next time I reboot, all alsa setting is being restored except volume setting
I also try to execute in rc.local below but still doesn’t help
/usr/sbin/alsactl -f /etc/asound.state restore
Am I missing something? Please help

2

I think you will need to set the volume in Kodi. Otherwise Kodi will override any settings you have made elsewhere.

3

Kodi won’t override ALSA volumes (IIRC) as that would impact userspace. But it has its own volume settings.

The default sink on Pi is also PiSink – not BCM2835-alsa. So this has to be set through Kodi.

4

so that means alsactl restore should take effect, right?
also i try to use alsa dmix with asound.conf below
it gives error “Error: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1109:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave”

asound.conf
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
pcm.!default {
    type plug
    slave.pcm "dmixed"
}

pcm.dmixed {
    type dmix
    ipc_key 555555
    slave {
        pcm "hw:0,0"
        period_time 0
        period_size 1024
        buffer_size 8192
        rate 44100
        channels 2
        format S16_LE
    }
    bindings {
        0 0
        1 1
    }
}
5

I fixed your post for you, when including files like you did, please use the </> tag to format them properly :wink: