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    Hello-Lucy Module Microphone not working

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      Linas123 @Mykle1
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      @Mykle1

      It’s still the same as earlier. At the top is still the crossed-out green flashing microphone.

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        Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Linas123
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        @Linas123

        Did you get arecord test.wav to record a sound file?

        I just noticed that my USB micro is now suddenly displayed as card 1.

        I’m confused. Is it still reporting card 1?

        Did you make the changes to your config microphone option?

        How long are you waiting before quitting MM when you see thecrossed-out green flashing microphone?

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          Linas123 @Mykle1
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          @Mykle1

          I’am confused too. It’s still card 1, when I enter “arecord -l”. When the Magic Mirror runs in the background and I enter “arecord test.wav” the Error “arecord: main:828: audio open error: Device or resource busy” appears. But, when I stop the Magic Mirror with pm2, record works. After reboot the Magic Mirror is yet on the top a micro icon and "Ready, “Hello Lucy”. But when I try to ask she, nothing happens. To you have a answer for this?

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            sdetweil @Linas123
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            @Linas123 said in Hello-Lucy Module Microphone not working:

            But when I try to ask she, nothing happens

            and you say
            ‘Hello Lucy’

            right?

            Sam

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              Linas123 @sdetweil
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              @sdetweil
              Yes, of course. I tried it again. I shouted into the microphone, although “ERROR” was displayed and Lucy reacted. But when I tried to hide the news, it took a very long time. When I tried to continue, Lucy reacted once out of 10 and in between she always showed ERROR. Can I do something that she understand me better and that the delay is not so long.

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                sdetweil @Linas123
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                @Linas123 I don’t know. Was just trying to help.

                Lots of times users didn’t know to say hello Lucy.

                What language do you speak? Sometimes the language model cannot detect the intonation

                Sam

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                  Linas123 @sdetweil
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                  @sdetweil
                  I speak with a german accent.

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                    Linas123
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                    Thank you for all your help and your fast replays. Now it finally works with long charging times, but it works. Whenever I stop the Magic Mirror with pm2, the card for the microphone changes, but I can live with that because soon it will hang on the wall and then I won’t stop pm2.

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                      sdetweil @Linas123
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                      @Linas123 said in Hello-Lucy Module Microphone not working:

                      Now it finally works with long charging times, but it works.

                      do you mean response times? (time from speak to action)

                      charging in english applies to batteries.

                      what pi device are you using?

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                        Linas123 @sdetweil
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                        @sdetweil

                        Sorry, I’am only just 16 years old and not so good in english. I mean response time and use the RPI 3b+.

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                          sdetweil @Linas123
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                          @Linas123 said in Hello-Lucy Module Microphone not working:

                          and not so good in english.

                          a LOT better than my german!!

                          wonder what else is running. 3b+ is usually pretty good
                          do you use SSH to connect to pi?

                          if so, can you do top command to see what is running?

                          Sam

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                            Linas123 @sdetweil
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                            @sdetweil

                            I use realVNC to see what is on my Mirror.

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                              sdetweil @Linas123
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                              @Linas123 can u minimize mirror (alt-spacebar, n)

                              and then run top in a terminal window (ctrl-alt-t)
                              ctrl-c to exit top

                              Sam

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                                Linas123
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                                Maybe I just think that response time is slow, although it is fast for a cheap computer like the raspberry.

                                by top:

                                top - 15:54:46 up  1:12,  2 users,  load average: 0,08, 0,10, 0,09
                                Tasks: 145 total,   3 running, 142 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
                                %Cpu(s):  2,5 us,  2,0 sy,  0,0 ni, 95,3 id,  0,0 wa,  0,0 hi,  0,2 si,  0,0 st
                                MiB Mem :    925,6 total,    165,2 free,    428,2 used,    332,2 buff/cache
                                MiB Swap:    100,0 total,     99,5 free,      0,5 used.    440,4 avail Mem 
                                
                                  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND    
                                  439 root      20   0  158332  53688  36872 R   4,6   5,7   1:22.03 Xorg       
                                  412 root      20   0   49124  32660  17316 R   3,3   3,4   1:35.48 vncserver+ 
                                 1196 pi        20   0   85152  27404  22580 S   3,3   2,9   0:03.96 x-termina+ 
                                 1171 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   1,7   0,0   0:00.67 kworker/u+ 
                                   69 root     -51   0       0      0      0 S   1,0   0,0   0:05.78 irq/86-mm+ 
                                  459 root      20   0   19576  12284  11788 S   1,0   1,3   0:10.49 vncagent   
                                 1211 pi        20   0   10188   2840   2472 R   0,7   0,3   0:00.43 top        
                                  911 pi        20   0  544920 150124  81960 S   0,3  15,8   2:31.64 electron   
                                  951 pi        20   0  385260 116832  54260 S   0,3  12,3   1:23.20 electron   
                                 1127 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   0,3   0,0   0:00.11 kworker/3+ 
                                 1176 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   0,3   0,0   0:00.44 kworker/0+ 
                                    1 root      20   0   33732   7972   6412 S   0,0   0,8   0:03.68 systemd    
                                    2 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0,0   0,0   0:00.01 kthreadd   
                                    3 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0,0   0,0   0:00.00 rcu_gp     
                                    4 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0,0   0,0   0:00.00 rcu_par_gp 
                                    8 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0,0   0,0   0:00.00 mm_percpu+ 
                                    9 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0,0   0,0   0:00.12 ksoftirqd+
                                
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                                  sdetweil @Linas123
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                                  @Linas123 cool, thx… nothing running really…

                                  i also didn’t like the realtime responsiveness of the pi (til pi4)
                                  and bought odroid and jetson nano to get more speed.

                                  Sam

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                                    Linas123 @sdetweil
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                                    @sdetweil
                                    That’s a cool idea, but I don’t like to change anything on the hardware. I keep that in mind for my next project.

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                                      sdetweil @Linas123
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                                      @Linas123 yep, i do support most of the time, maintain the installer/updater scripts…

                                      have a pi0, 3, 4, odroid, jetson nano I use the odroid in a production photoframe/info kiosk on the wall in my hall (no mirror glass or enclosure)

                                      Sam

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                                        Linas123 @sdetweil
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                                        @sdetweil

                                        I put a lot of effort into building the Magic Mirror (even a frameless Magic Mirror). Without self-praise I have seen many other Magic Mirrors but mine is by far the most beautiful one and finally a voice control is part of it. It is also completely designed for a Raspberry Pi, so I don’t want to change anything now.

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                                          sdetweil @Linas123
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                                          @Linas123 cool… glad you are happy with your project… it takes a lot of energy!..

                                          Sam

                                          How to add modules

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                                            Linas123 @sdetweil
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                                            @sdetweil Yes, I’am a bit proud of me. It’s very cool that in this forum are so helpful and nice guys.

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