How do I increase the audio drive level of the audio output port on the Pi 3 running the Balena Sound project?

@TowMater I personally haven’t tried a splitter like the one you linked, but I have tested the project with an HDMI monitor (that has an internal DAC for a headphone-out) and it ‘just works™’ :slight_smile: As for the config files, bear in mind that balenaCloud is designed for managing fleets of de…

Hi @TowMater welcome to the forums. As part of the project setup the output of the Pi is already increased to 100% by this line . However the output can also be affected by the volume controls of whatever Bluetooth device you are using as well.

Ok thank you. As for extracting the HDMI audio, is there any experience with using an HDMI audio splitter (such as this: Linky ) on the Pi 3b+? will the Pi recognize this as a connected display at boot and allow the audio to pass through it instead of defaulting to the analog out? Or will a config …

How to increase output audio drive on Balena Sound?

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TowMater August 8, 2019, 3:36am 11

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How to increase output audio drive on Balena Sound?

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