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<p>Peter and Rajil:</p>
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<pre wrap="">I also had very low volume. The fix was in software. No external
amplifier needed.
Put file .asoundrc in your home directory. I pasted it here
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Select ALSA:default as your sound device (you may have to key it in if
it is not in the list)
Add these to your .profile or somewhere it will run before you start
the frontend:
amixer set PCM Playback 100%
amixer set Pre-Amp Playback 9
You can adjust the values as needed. You can also run alsamixer to see
and adjust the pre-amplification.
I suppose I should add this to the wiki.
Peter
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<pre wrap="">What do you suggest to put in the Mixer device and Mixer controls?
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<p>I think the two 'amixer' commands go at the end of the ".profile"
-- I missed that filename the first times I read through. Also
note it begins with a 'dot'.</p>
<p>And can I tag onto this thread (or should I start a new one?) I
am also playing with a RPi3 and have low volume problems but with
the HDMI output. (Haven't tried the 3.5mm output.) The volume
does adjust using the [ and ] keys but maximum is barely audible
through my monitor's speakers. I did not notice a change after
adding to .asoundrc and adding the two commands to .profile (and
rebooting). Also tried max_dB 30.0 -- no change. Different
commands for the HDMI volume or did I do something wrong?<br>
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<p>(Decided to add HDMI to Rajil's post to sort of link the
threads.)</p>
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<p>TIA!</p>
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<p>Barry<br>
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