I run CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20.1-Nexus-Generic.img.gz with sc2_s905x4_ugoos_x4.dtb from SD on Ugoos X4 Pro.
Basically everything works very well. Congratulations all.
But there is one thing: the AV-OUT (analog audio female) does not work, …, well: it does work under Android 11, but, under CoreELEC when one switches audio device, it turns out only ALSA:HDMI or PULSE:Bluetooth are effectively applied (other ALSA: choices function as HDMI).
Here some data (note some “No such device” messages)
Note that I also have an Ugoos X3 Pro running Amlogic-ng 20.1-Nexus on which I always use BT audio. I tried its AV-OUT as well to compare with X4 ne. And, it does not work either.
Is this a well known issue?
Perhaps this is a Kodi Nexus or Ugoos XN specific issue?
I would be very happy to help troubleshoot.
Again: Congratulations to all who contribute to CoreELEC.
some errors about about alsa lib config (audio specific debugging on)
# grep portisch kodi.log | cut -c 72- | sort | uniq -c | sort -n
1 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5180:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_inum returned error: No such device
1 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5180:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device
1 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5180:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device
1 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5703:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device
1 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/confmisc.c:1334:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
1 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/confmisc.c:1369:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.0.pcm.hdmi.1:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
1 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/confmisc.c:1369:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.0.pcm.iec958.1:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
1 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/confmisc.c:1369:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.0.pcm.surround71.1:CARD=AMLAUGESOUND'
1 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/confmisc.c:422:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
1 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/confmisc.c:855:(parse_card) cannot find card '$CARD'
2 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5516:(parse_args) Unknown parameter DEV
3 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5180:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
3 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5703:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
8 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5516:(parse_args) Unknown parameter CARD
10 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5687:(snd_config_expand) Parse arguments error: No such file or directory
13 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5670:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters CARD=AMLAUGESOUND
13 /home/portisch/CE/CoreELEC/build.CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20/build/alsa-lib-1.2.8/src/conf.c:5670:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters CARD=AMLAUGESOUND,DEV=0
also if I compare with working NG 20.1-Nexus [S922X] Bee-link GT King it seems NE [S905X4] Ugoos X4 Pro has less output
CoreGT:~ # dmesg | grep -i sound
[ 0.513375@2]- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Initialized.
[ 0.972618@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: link 0:
[ 0.972691@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: name : SPDIF-B-dummy
[ 0.972694@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: format : 4010
[ 0.972696@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: cpu : SPDIF-B / 6144000
[ 0.972698@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: codec : dummy / 0
[ 0.972700@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: link 1:
[ 0.972759@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: name : TDM-B-T9015-audio-hifi
[ 0.972761@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: format : 4011
[ 0.972762@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: cpu : TDM-B / 12288000
[ 0.972764@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: codec : T9015-audio-hifi / 0
[ 0.972766@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: link 2:
[ 0.972812@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: name : SPDIF-A-dummy
[ 0.972814@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: format : 4010
[ 0.972816@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: cpu : SPDIF-A / 6144000
[ 0.972818@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: codec : dummy / 0
[ 0.972820@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: link 3:
[ 0.972876@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: name : TDM-C-dummy
[ 0.972878@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: format : 4011
[ 0.972880@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: cpu : TDM-C / 12288000
[ 0.972882@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: codec : dummy / 0
[ 1.178995@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: control 2:0:0:I2SIn CLK:0 is already present
[ 1.194805@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: dummy <-> SPDIF-B mapping ok
[ 1.194881@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: T9015-audio-hifi <-> TDM-B mapping ok
[ 1.194949@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: dummy <-> SPDIF-A mapping ok
[ 1.195020@2]- asoc-aml-card auge_sound: dummy <-> TDM-C mapping ok
[ 1.380248@3]- #0: AML-AUGESOUND
---
Ugoos-X4-Pro:~ # dmesg | grep -i sound
[ 0.740131@2] Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Initialized.
[ 2.994196@0] asoc-aml-card auge_sound: IRQ audio_exception64 not found
[ 2.995675@0] asoc-aml-card auge_sound: SPDIF-B <-> SPDIF-B mapping ok
[ 2.995760@0] asoc-aml-card auge_sound: TDM-B <-> TDM-B mapping ok
[ 2.995821@0] asoc-aml-card auge_sound: SPDIF <-> SPDIF mapping ok
[ 2.995888@0] asoc-aml-card auge_sound: soc:dummy <-> TDM-C mapping ok
[ 3.137100@1] #0: AML-AUGESOUND
---
Note “IRQ audio_exception64 not found”
I am not ALSA expert but it seems auge_sound on X4 Pro acts not well
./scripts/clean linux
./scripts/unpack linux
# change something in folder build.CoreELEC...../build/linux-...../
./scripts/build linux
# new dtb build as build.CoreELEC...../build/linux-...../arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/sc2_s905x4_ugoos_x4.dtb
Perfect ! I guess these are generic clean/unpack/build steps for any ingredient …
Let me go from here and keep you informed.
My guess is that avout_mute-gpios may affect the AV-OUT functionality so I am setting it to default value.
I decompiled Android 11 X4_1.1.4 ROM sc2_s905x4_X4 dtb image and CoreELEC Amlogic-ne Ugoos X4 sc2_s905x4_ugoos_x4 dtb image, both are for 5.4.125 linux kernel, and there are some differences in auge_sound section, but, I do not have the knowledge to sufficiently understand.
Also: /proc/interrupts on Android shows ‘31 … fe330000.audiobus:tdm@1’ but no such audiobus interrupt on CoreELEC (despite audiobus@0xFE330000 section in CoreELEC dts).
Finally, some CONFIG_AMLOGIC_SND_SOC _ are not in CoreELEC kernel .config (but I kind of doubt if that matters).
And, if I am right, as shown with ‘uname -a’: CoreELEC ne kernel is 64bit aarch64 whereas Android 11 kernel is 32bit armv8l.
Question: does CoreELEC team have the Ugoos X4 Pro 5.4.125 linux kernel source and .config?
And there are also the alsa lib config errors in provided kodi.log.
Then also there are a few:
# CONFIG_AMLOGIC_SND_SOC_XYX is not set
in CoreELEC .config (which is why I wonder if CoreELEC team has Ugoos X4 Android kernel source and .config, note that it has no /proc/config.gz)
I am a bit looking into the dark on how to search. But I am very happy to help. I only found a few indications that may or may not correlate to av-out disfunctionality.
Question: does anyone from CoreELEC dev team have a Ugoos X4 (Cube|Pro|Plus)? Perhaps my hardware deviates?
I have meanwhile also tested NG (CoreELEC-Amlogic-ng.arm-20.1-Nexus-Generic) both with sc2_s905x4_ugoos_x4.dtb and sc2_s905x4_4g_1gbit.dtb and the exact same (dis)functionality is observed as with NE : AV-OUT does not give PCM sound no matter what ALSA device is choosen.
One will always have HDMI sound though.
For me personally it is not a severe issue because I can choose Pulseaudio bluetooth (albeit not all my BT audio devices give non stuttering sound, but that aside is a totally separate observation), and, fortunately, my HDMI input monitor has AV-OUT audio jack output, so: that serves as simple AV-OUT workaround for me.
Still, I stay happy to be available for any testing or source code change diff hints to build and try.
Again : big congratulations and big thanks for bringing CoreELEC to the community.
If anyone else has a supported Ugoos X4 (Cube|Pro|Plus) please feel free to comment and raise an appropriate hand.
update: I also tested NE O α CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.aarch64-21.0-Omega_alpha1-Generic with sc2_s905x4_ugoos_x4.dtb in order to eliminate potential 64bit kernel versus 32|64bit userland mismatches, but, again, I see exact same (mis)behavior for what the AV-OUT audio matters. So, in terms of basic testing purpose, I hope I have provided sufficient evidence. I should repeat: the box and software does not disappoint me as it does what I need. But if I can help to improve CE, perhaps for others, I am ready and would be delighted to try to do so and proud to contribute.
Thanks @vpeter to confirm and for your valuable time.
It does help in that finally I now realize my hardware does not differ from any other Ugoos X4 (Pro) for sure.
I may try myself to fix the ALSA AV-OUT, and, I guess, but I cannot test, also the ALSA S/PDIF-OUT.
I asked Ugoos support for some assistance as well.
In theory they should provide their Linux source and .config.
As said: the specific limitation does not hurt me at all, but, I would be happy if one could reach 100% CE functionality, if not for myself, then probably for some or few others.
Have a nice day and thanks for contributing to CE!
They are not needed to provide their Linux, no.
Only the base Linux what is used and under GPL.
So vendor kernel - vendor changes - Amlogic modifications → mainline Linux.
You can dump your Android Linux config by terminal somehow. But they use arm, we use arm64.
The Alsa config is a generic one for all devices so I don’t think the error is located there.
You will need to search a driver for the analog audio amp SoC.
Open the device and find by the amp marking what driver is needed for the assembled amp.
The same line driver is used on X4 Pro according here
So SOC internal DAC is used, with ext. line driver, which needs to be enabled.
The question left (to UGOOS): which GPIO is used for ENABLE?
Built-in serial digital audio SPDIF/IEC958 output and PCM input/output
FYI : I built image with kernel having all CONFIG_SND_SOC_XYZ_SPI=m and CONFIG_SND_SOC_XYY_I2C=m hoping maybe one of them fits the 3PEAK TPF632C audio.
I did modprobe all modules but I get no different (i.e. no working av) audio behavior.
So my hope was not correct or appropriate.
I guess perhaps we need specific hardware or vendor driver code for TPF632C?
