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I have installed RetroPie in my B+, but when I play a game, the sound cracks. I have connect my speakers using 3,5 mm jack.

goldilocks
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wb9688
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There are three solutions for this:

Solution 1

Make sure your Pi is getting enough power. This is the most common problem with Raspberry Pi's, because they don't come with a standardized power supply. Just make sure you are using a thick and short cord, and not a thin and long one like phone charging cords.

Solution 2

Pulseaudio. Pulseaudio is a package for the RPi that significantly increases the quality of the audio. Follow this tutorial.

Solution 3

Buy an external USB sound card. This is what I do, just because I needed to record things and the RPi's audio jack is not capable of input. I use this card, it is very cheap at $3 and the quality exactly the same as the audio port on my Macbook.

wb9688
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Patrick Cook
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If others are having this problem on a Raspberry Pi 1: Upgrade your firmware with rpi-update - see https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/128

That reduces the number of cracks to 1, on the first use.

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