omxplayer doesn't play audio

Question

I can play audio to analog jack output with mplayer and aplay, but i cannot get it working with omxplayer.

# setup audio output
modprobe snd_bcm2835
amixer cset numid=3 1

# This is working
mplayer -vo fbdev big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi

# This is not working (video ok, no audio)
omxplayer big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi

# Even this is not working
omxplayer -o local big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi

omxplayer's output:

Video codec omx-mpeg4 width 1280 height 720 profile 0 fps 24.000000
Audio codec ac3 channels 6 samplerate 48000 bitspersample 16
Subtitle count: 0, state: off, index: 1, delay: 0

Video is playing, but without audio. Pulse isn't installed.

With a fresh raspbian it works. It seems something related to kernel, because I've recompiled the kernel, same version and same configuration with some modules added. — Alessandro Pezzato, May 31 '13 at 07:47
I have the opposite problem, only omxplayer works, aplay doesn't. — mcandre, Dec 21 '14 at 02:39

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '13 at 06:38

I had the same problem and I found a solution.
You have to put your GPU memory at a reasonable level.

In the file /boot/config.txt,
add the line gpu_mem=128

From Steven Hickson:
"Also make sure your gpu_mem split is at a reasonable level such as 128/128 by adding the line gpu_mem=128 in the /boot/config.txt file in the newer firmware versions."

Source: http://stevenhickson.blogspot.se/2012/08/setting-up-omxplayer-gui-on-raspberry-pi.html

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 15 '19 at 06:04

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You may need to force HDMI output with the following command:

omxplayer -o hdmi x.avi

Worked with Raspberry Pi 3, Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (Stretch), Bluetooth audio device.

edited Apr 15 '19 at 06:04

Sir Muffington

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answered Jan 23 '18 at 08:22

gollum

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Gollum, do you mean to use alsa or hdmi as the audio output device? – Greenonline Apr 13 '19 at 19:15

omxplayer doesn't play audio

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