Difference between revisions of "Raspberry Pi ALSA"
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The snd-bcm2835 module appears to be already installed. RPi has a Broadcom [http://www.broadcom.com/products/BCM2835 BCM2835] [http://www.androidauthority.com/how-it-works-systems-on-a-chip-soc-93587/ system on a chip] (SoC) which is a High Definition 1080p Embedded Multimedia Applications Processor. snd-bcm2835 is the sound driver. If lsmod doesn’t list the snd-bcn2835 module, then it can be installed via the following command: | The snd-bcm2835 module appears to be already installed. RPi has a Broadcom [http://www.broadcom.com/products/BCM2835 BCM2835] [http://www.androidauthority.com/how-it-works-systems-on-a-chip-soc-93587/ system on a chip] (SoC) which is a High Definition 1080p Embedded Multimedia Applications Processor. snd-bcm2835 is the sound driver. If lsmod doesn’t list the snd-bcn2835 module, then it can be installed via the following command: | ||
| − | <pre>sudo modprobe snd-bcm2835</pre> | + | <pre># sudo modprobe snd-bcm2835</pre> |
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| + | This appears to have been necessary in the past, but not with my contemporary release of Raspberry Pi. Still, this is good to know, particularly if other distros are to be used. | ||
== Enabling Audio Output == | == Enabling Audio Output == | ||
