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zaxdan69

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Registered: 2016-06-04

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[SOLVED]No sound in Audacity

Hello,
I'm using arch the last year and recently I found that audacity doesn't output any sound on playback. I didn't have any problem with audacity in windows and other distros and also audacity didn't have this problem before some months.
Seems that audacity doesn't detect analog output of my soundcard. In audacity Settings -> devices I have Alsa as Host and no other option and in Playback I have "HDA ATI SB: ALC662 rev 1 digital(hw:0,1)" only, not analog and some other entries for Nvidias virtual sound device. In Recording section the analog entries from mic and Line are available though.
The sound works fine for other applications and system. I tried to remove audacity, delete .Audacity_data folder and reinstall but it didn't make any difference.
Any help?

Last edited by zaxdan69 (2016-07-06 16:17:16)

x33a

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound in Audacity

Mod note: Moving to "Multimedia and Games".

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound in Audacity

post

aplay -lL
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*

and the terminal output from running audacity in a console

zaxdan69

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Registered: 2016-06-04

Posts: 312

Re: [SOLVED]No sound in Audacity

aplay -1L output:

null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=SB
    HDA ATI SB, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=SB
    HDA ATI SB, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC662 rev1 Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC662 rev1 Digital [ALC662 rev1 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*  output:

                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  archuser    684 F.... volumeicon
                     archuser    695 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1:  archuser    695 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   archuser    695 F...m pulseaudio

audacity output:

lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-sampler>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-sampler.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib64/lv2/eg-sampler.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-fifths>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-fifths.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib64/lv2/eg-fifths.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-scope#Mono>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-scope.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib64/lv2/eg-scope.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-scope#Stereo>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-scope.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib64/lv2/eg-scope.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-amp>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-amp.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib64/lv2/eg-amp.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-midigate>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-midigate.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib64/lv2/eg-midigate.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-metro>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-metro.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib64/lv2/eg-metro.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-sampler>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-sampler.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-sampler.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-fifths>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-fifths.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-fifths.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-scope#Mono>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-scope.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-scope.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-scope#Stereo>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-scope.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-scope.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-amp>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-amp.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-amp.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-midigate>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-midigate.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-midigate.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: Duplicate plugin <http://lv2plug.in/plugins/eg-metro>
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... found in file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-metro.lv2/
lilv_world_add_plugin(): error: ... and      file:///usr/lib/lv2/eg-metro.lv2/
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1029:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1029:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1029:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
connect(2) call to /dev/shm/jack-1000/default/jack_0 failed (err=Δεν υπάρχει τέτοιο αρχείο ή κατάλογος)
attempt to connect to server failed
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4607
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4607
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4607
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4607
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unknown accel modifier: 'left'
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unknown accel modifier: 'click/left'
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'drag', accel string ignored.
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unknown accel modifier: 'left'
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'click', accel string ignored.
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unknown accel modifier: 'right'
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'click', accel string ignored.
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unknown accel modifier: 'left'
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unknown accel modifier: 'click/left'
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'drag', accel string ignored.
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unknown accel modifier: 'left'
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'click', accel string ignored.
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unknown accel modifier: 'right'
03:54:00 μμ: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'click', accel string ignored.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,836

Re: [SOLVED]No sound in Audacity

Kill volumeicon  and retry. As you are using pulseaudio you might be interested into installing pulseaudio-alsa (removing any selfmade .asoundrc in your $HOME dir if any) and reboot. After that you should have a default device visible in audacity which is routed through pulseaudio and can be moved to the playback card of your choice via the usual pulseaudio tools

zaxdan69

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Registered: 2016-06-04

Posts: 312

Re: [SOLVED]No sound in Audacity

Killing volumeicon didn't make any difference, but after I installed pulsaudio-alsa and reboot I found some more entries in Playback->Devices including the HDA ATI SB: ALC662 rev 1 analog (hw:0,0)". After I selected it sound worked. So I think is solved. Thank you very much.

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound in Audacity

Good, don't forget to mark your thread as solved by editing your initial post and adding [SOLVED] or similar to the title