Hello-Lucy Module Microphone not working

"My apologies, gentlemen. There is a problem with the mic upon install that seems to be specific to the Pi. @cowboysdude did an install late last night and he encountered the same issue, so forgive me. I am looking at it right now and will not sleep until it is resolved. Not!

Seriously, it will be fixed ASAP.

Thank you for your patience and interest."

Linas123 · Apr 28, 2020, 9:07 PM

@TheGeekfather

I have the same problem. Do you have the solution for this issue? Pleas, let me now.

Mykle1 · Apr 28, 2020, 9:18 PM

@Linas123

Have you run arecord -l in the terminal? (that’s a lower case L)

Post your output from that command here.

My output:

pop@e8300:~$ arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC221 Analog [ALC221 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: ALC221 Alt Analog [ALC221 Alt Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
pop@e8300:~$

Linas123 · Apr 30, 2020, 7:38 PM

@Mykle1
Here is my micro output:

 arecord -l
**** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (CAPTURE) ****
Karte 2: AK5371 [AK5371], Gerät 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Sub-Geräte: 0/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0

and my speaker (I use the screen speaker):

aplay -l
**** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (PLAYBACK) ****
Karte 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], Gerät 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA]
  Sub-Geräte: 7/7
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
  Sub-Gerät #1: subdevice #1
  Sub-Gerät #2: subdevice #2
  Sub-Gerät #3: subdevice #3
  Sub-Gerät #4: subdevice #4
  Sub-Gerät #5: subdevice #5
  Sub-Gerät #6: subdevice #6
Karte 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], Gerät 1: bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], Gerät 2: bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1 [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 1: vc4hdmi [vc4-hdmi], Gerät 0: MAI PCM vc4-hdmi-hifi-0 [MAI PCM vc4-hdmi-hifi-0]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0

I have a USB Mic and I hope that’s not the problem, because I read a bit in this forum, that sometimes USB Micros have trouble with Hello-Lucy. I also changed my /.asoundrc file so that the speaker and microphone worked as they should. In the tests everything still worked. Here is my /.asoundrc file:

pcm.!default {
  type asym
   playback.pcm {
     type plug
     slave.pcm "hw:0,1"
   }
   capture.pcm {
     type plug
     slave.pcm "hw:2,0"
   }
}

Maybe It’s a npm problem, because at the end of the installation of the module these npm warnings came:
Note: First I make the sound configuration and only after that I install the module.

npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated browserslist@1.7.7: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
npm WARN deprecated circular-json@0.3.3: CircularJSON is in maintenance only, flatted is its successor.
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN eslint-config-airbnb-base@11.3.2 requires a peer of eslint@^3.19.0 || ^4.5.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN acorn-jsx@5.2.0 requires a peer of acorn@^6.0.0 || ^7.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

I’m glad if you can help me:)

Mykle1 · May 1, 2020, 12:03 AM

@Linas123

I don’t think it’s npm. Those are just warnings and won’t affect the module.

USB microphone will work but it does introduce some latency.

If you run arecord test.wav in a terminal window does it record a sound file?

So, based on the info you gave me your config entry for the microphone should be

microphone: "2,0",

Please try that

Then post your entire Hello-Lucy config entry so I can see it

Linas123 · May 1, 2020, 12:03 AM

@Mykle1

{
disabled: false,
module: "Hello-Lucy",
position: "top_center",
config: {
    keyword: 'HELLO LUCY',              // keyword to activate listening for a command/sentence
    timeout: 15,                        // timeout listening for a command/sentence
    standByMethod: 'DPMS',              // 'DPMS' = anything else than RPi or 'PI'
    microphone: "2,0",                  // run "arecord -l" card # and device # mine is "0,0"
    sounds: ["1.mp3", "11.mp3"],        // welcome sound at startup. Add several for a random greetings
    confirmationSound: "ding.mp3",      // name and extension of sound file
    startHideAll: false,                 // All modules start as hidden EXCEPT PAGE ONE
    // *** Page One is your default startup page *** This overrides startHideAll: true,
    pageOneModules: ["Hello-Lucy", ],                     // default modules to show on page one/startup
    pageTwoModules: ["Hello-Lucy",], // modules to show on page two
    pageThreeModules: ["Hello-Lucy",],                 // modules to show on page three
    pageFourModules: ["Hello-Lucy", ],                  // modules to show on page four
    pageFiveModules: ["Hello-Lucy", ],               // modules to show on page five
    pageSixModules: ["Hello-Lucy", ],                      // modules to show on page six
    pageSevenModules: ["Hello-Lucy", ],                   // modules to show on page seven
    pageEightModules: ["Hello-Lucy", ],                   // modules to show on page eight
    pageNineModules: ["Hello-Lucy", ],                   // modules to show on page nine
    pageTenModules: ["Hello-Lucy", ]             // modules to show on page ten
    }
},

I don’t know what else I can do.