Posts by Abacus

Yes, my first try to simply delete the file wasn't successful. Then I restored the file and only changed the content.

I reset the file to its original state and created another debug log. This is the file:

[Unit]
Description=PulseAudio Sound Service
After=syslog.target local-fs.target

[Service]
Type=dbus
BusName=org.pulseaudio.Server
ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit --exit-idle-time=-1 --disable-shm --enable-memfd --realtime
Restart=always
Environment=PULSE_STATE_PATH=/storage/.config/pulse
Environment=PULSE_CONFIG_PATH=/storage/.config/pulse

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

After a restart, here is the debug log: https://paste.libreelec.tv/rapid-frog.log

As expected, the sound via HDMI is no longer displayed. (Until now, I have not yet executed the command systemctl mask pulseaudio.service)

Quote from mglae

So there is no log without your changes?

This is before my changes: https://paste.libreelec.tv/verified-herring.log

and this is after my changes: https://paste.libreelec.tv/harmless-marlin.log

Quote from mglae

If you are still interested in using chrome and/or tigervnc you may "update" to Generic-legacy image (only require to erase /storage/.kodi/addons/packages and manual reinstall a few binary addons). This will drop HDR support (if the chip set has the capability)

Thank you very much, not at the moment but I have made a note of it in case I need it

Thanks for the tips to disable PulseAudio and TigerVNC

I have commented out this line:

#ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit --exit-idle-time=-1 --disable-shm --enable-memfd --realtime

and added these:

ExecStart=/usr/bin/true
Restart=no

No problem, here is it: https://paste.libreelec.tv/harmless-marlin.log

I had this file: /storage/.config/system.d/pulseaudio.service. I deleted it, but the PulseAudio service still started automatically. Then I created this file again and modify the content, because I don't know exactly where to deactivate PulseAudio permanently. The content of /storage/.config/system.d/pulseaudio.service is

[Unit]
Description=PulseAudio Sound Service
After=syslog.target local-fs.target

[Service]
Type=dbus
BusName=org.pulseaudio.Server
#ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit --exit-idle-time=-1 --disable-shm --enable-memfd --realtime
ExecStart=/usr/bin/true
Restart=no
Environment=PULSE_STATE_PATH=/storage/.config/pulse
Environment=PULSE_CONFIG_PATH=/storage/.config/pulse

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Okay, that's interesting. I saw that the pulseaudio service was running by default in my case. I read here that ALSA should be used instead of Pulseaudio on standalone devices. I have stopped Kodi and the Pulseaudio service, looked around a bit and then started the Kodi service. HDMI was then displayed as an output device again. After I selected this, audio was available again

systemctl stop kodi
systemctl stop pulseaudio
...
systemctl start kodi

Oh I'm sorry about that, but I linked the wrong log. This one is definitely correct and fresh: https://paste.libreelec.tv/verified-herring.log

(Sorry again and thanks for your quick answer)

Hi, I tried the same as in this post, but unfortunately it didn't work. When I start Ubuntu 24.04 on the ame machine (live usb os) audio over HDMI works immediately. I tried the hdajackretask thing, but it still won't work. I just updated from LibreELEC 11 to 12 today and a few minutes ago everything was still working. Thanks!

Maybe someone else has an idea why audio over HDMI no longer works and how to solve it.

The debug log is here: https://paste.libreelec.tv/lucky-louse.log