I am givning up.. new install
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I can’t get any mic to work on my MM, so I am think of doing a new install.
But I wonder if I can save, my confi.js and the module folder, and swap them after the new install, so I don’t need to do it all over again.
I have token, Alexa token and so on.
So that files should’ve making copy’s of before, I wipe the sd card
And what system should I install to get it right the right start:Raspbian Buster with desktop and recommended software
OrRaspbian Buster with desktop
Or
Raspbian Buster Lite
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@otto rename the MagicMirror folder to something else.
Install again, copy stuff from old folder as needed
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Before doing any reinstall check where is your mic with lsusb
Mine is a webcam so I got the following:
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 046d:0826 Logitech, Inc. HD Webcam C525Then I confirmed it was seeing my mic with arecord -l
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/config $ arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 1: C525 [HD Webcam C525], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0So my device is plughw:1,0
Try this to record 3 seconds and play it
arecord -D plughw:1,0 -d 3 test.wav && aplay test.wavIf sound is faint you can adjust the ‘gain’ by doing the following
Open the Audio Device Settings :
Open the Menu in the top left corner->Preferences -> Audio Device SettingsI also tried with a 9$ amazon mic but the sound and recording was really crappy.
Good luck!
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@smassy the problem is when i go to alsamixe, and F6 and selcet the usb i whnat to use, i get this:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ alsamixer
cannot load mixer controls: Ogiltigt argumentand if go the settings i selcet the usb, it mutes the sound, cant use my spekars… is so stanges… i have been trying to fix this for over 4week now, and cant find any solution to it,
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@otto said in I am givning up.. new install:
cannot load mixer controls: Ogiltigt argument
Did you tried the command I gave you? Thoses a just to validate that your mic is working, after you can work on alsamixer. The basic command are great tools to make sure stuff is working as you want.
Maybe a long shot but did you tried the following solution provided here?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/765396/alsamixer-cannot-open-mixer-invalid-argumentIt seems alsamixer can be tricky to config and some files need to be created manually (sound is muted by default at install).
