Chromebooks, No Sound

    Hi Guys, Great project,

    I have a an issue with Libreelec having no sound on HP Chromebooks. ( intel chips )

    I have tried latest AMD/Intel generic Stable version 10.0.2, and various other nightly builds, including LE11 nightly.

    All to no ovail, all end up no sound.

    I have changed settings from internal audio to HDMi etc, still no sound.

    Chromebooks tested are , HP Gen 5 ( RELM ) and HP Gen 6 ( MIMROCK ) .

    Any advise would be great thanks and keep up the great work.

    Cheers

    MaddMacc

    Probably a driver issue. Give us a log on the latest LE 11 nightly.

    Please provide a full debug log.

    How to post a log (wiki)

    1. Enable debugging in Settings>System Settings>Logging
    2. Restart Kodi
    3. Replicate the problem
    4. Generate a log URL (do not post/upload logs to the forum)

    use "Settings > LibreELEC > System > Paste system logs" or run "pastekodi" over SSH, then post the URL link

    log pasted:

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    options are:

    ALSA:HDA Intel PCH, HDMI #0

    ALSA:HDA Intel PCH, HDMI #1

    ALSA:HDA Intel PCH, HDMI #2

    ALSA:chtrt5650, Analog

    PULSE:Default, Bluetooth Audio (PULSEAUDIO)

    reinstalled, Debugging on, Bluetooth Off

    No " Build " installed, kept basic,

    No Audio

    new paste

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    Edited once, last by Maddmacc: Merged a post created by Maddmacc into this post. (October 11, 2022 at 8:02 PM).

    Wrong driver loaded:

    Code
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2022-10-11 18:55:34.134 T:798 INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA - Unable to open device "default" for playback
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2022-10-11 18:55:33.714 T:789 ERROR <general>: libva error: /usr/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
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    Stay tuned...

    I wrote an internal note to the LE devs, but no reply so far - sorry.

    It seems like devs are reading, accept my analysis, but have no answer yet.

    Legacy means X11, and the current approach is GBM window manager.

    In your case it's worth to try both.

    well, good news at least, Same Chromebook HP 11 G5

    Downloaded the Nightlybuild

    LibreELEC-Generic-legacy.x86_64-11.0-nightly-20220617-b78941a.img.gz

    Selecting the PULSE:Default, Bluetooth Audio (PULSEAUDIO ) , paired my AirPods,

    we now have sound.

    Rebooted, and confirmed BT Audio works,

    So decided to check the other options again,

    I also Have sound via HDMI now using: ALSA:HDA Intel PCH, HKX HKC TV on HDMI #2