But we will cover some standard functionality. The rest of this document goes into some detail regarding configuring your operating system to get your sound working, so we won't go into too much detail here.

You need to have a working ALSA setup in order for EmulationStation to make use of it. Choosing Audio from the new EmulationStation selectable audio options Step 1: Configuring the Operating SystemĮmulationStation does not configure the operating system at all. NOTE: Windows uses a different audio subsystem, so the changes below do not apply to a Windows version of EmulationStation.

The hope was that it would give people the flexibility that they needed to avoid the many sound issues that people with people were having with USB Audio devices and aftermarket Linux and RPi audio cards. The July 2018 change added the ability to choose the audio mixer name from a far greater range of options, as well as allowing custom options to be set in the es_settings.cfg file.

EmulationStation only looked for the 'default' audio mixer, which was too restrictive when used with unusual hardware, or Rpi Audio HATs. Prior to July 2018, users could only select the audio card (known as an AudioCard in EmulationStation), and were unable to select which audio mixer to use on that audio card. In July 2018, the range of audio configuration options for Linux and RPi RetroPie EmulationStation users was greatly enhanced. How to configure sound for RetroPie EmulationStation Step 4: Choosing the OMX Player Audio DeviceĪdding custom Audio Card, Audio Device or OMX Player Audio DeviceĪdding a Custom Audio Device (Audio Mixer)Ĭonvert RetroPie SD Card Image to NOOBS Image Step 3: Choosing the Audio Device (Mixer) Step 2: Choosing the Audio Card in EmulationStation Universal Controller Calibration & Mapping Using xboxdrvĬhoosing Audio from the new EmulationStation selectable audio options Validating, Rebuilding, and Filtering Arcade ROMs

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