Raspberry 4b with ReSpeaker 6-Mic don't work

Products & Technology ReSpeaker
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Hi!

When i install seeed-voicecard by

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
git clone GitHub - respeaker/seeed-voicecard: 2 Mic Hat, 4 Mic Array, 6-Mic Circular Array Kit, and 4-Mic Linear Array Kit for Raspberry Pi
cd seeed-voicecard
sudo ./install.sh
sudo reboot

there are some problems that:

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so,i use

rm -R seeed-voicecard/
git clone GitHub - HinTak/seeed-voicecard: This is an enhancement fork with the explicit aim of supporting current shipping Raspbian/Ubuntu kernels without requiring downgrading. Please donate at https://hintak.github.io/ if it works for you. Use vX.Y branch for kernel version vX.Y
cd seeed-voicecard
sudo ./install.sh

the seeed-voicecard can be successful install,but when i check the sound card ,there have another problem:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ arecord -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
jack
JACK Audio Connection Kit
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
default
ac108
dmixer
ac101
usbstream:CARD=b1
bcm2835 HDMI 1
USB Stream Output
usbstream:CARD=Headphones
bcm2835 Headphones
USB Stream Output

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
jack
JACK Audio Connection Kit
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
default
ac108
dmixer
ac101
sysdefault:CARD=b1
bcm2835 HDMI 1, bcm2835 HDMI 1
Default Audio Device
dmix:CARD=b1,DEV=0
bcm2835 HDMI 1, bcm2835 HDMI 1
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=b1,DEV=0
bcm2835 HDMI 1, bcm2835 HDMI 1
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=b1,DEV=0
bcm2835 HDMI 1, bcm2835 HDMI 1
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=b1,DEV=0
bcm2835 HDMI 1, bcm2835 HDMI 1
Hardware device with all software conversions
usbstream:CARD=b1
bcm2835 HDMI 1
USB Stream Output
sysdefault:CARD=Headphones
bcm2835 Headphones, bcm2835 Headphones
Default Audio Device
dmix:CARD=Headphones,DEV=0
bcm2835 Headphones, bcm2835 Headphones
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=Headphones,DEV=0
bcm2835 Headphones, bcm2835 Headphones
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=Headphones,DEV=0
bcm2835 Headphones, bcm2835 Headphones
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=Headphones,DEV=0
bcm2835 Headphones, bcm2835 Headphones
Hardware device with all software conversions
usbstream:CARD=Headphones
bcm2835 Headphones
USB Stream Output

2

Please try again

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
git clone https://github.com/respeaker/seeed-voicecard.git
cd seeed-voicecard
sudo ./install.sh  --compat-kernel
sudo reboot
3

Hey Baozhu!

I’ve tried doing the install with the compat kernel, but unfortunately it still does not register the soundcard upon reboot.

I had been using the respeaker 6 Mic for months with no problem. I had to reflash my SD cards last week, and upon clean soundcard install it wouldn’t work without the compat-kernel. I tried the compat kernel install and it worked for a few days. But this morning, I restarted the device and the sound card no longer appears to exist.

I’ve tried the HinTak version and still no luck either.

I have bought 4 of these arrays and now none of them are usable. Please help! We were hoping to use these devices in field research which was due to start imminently!

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4

Good luck with that ! According at messages in forum since a while it looks like SeeedStudio doesn’t care about updating these drivers to keep Respeaker products working !! They don’t even give a status about it and if they are working on it :frowning:
I have myself same problem with some Raspberry Pi that I had to reinstall and now can no more Respeaker hats installed on them :rage:

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5

Im having exactly the same issue with a pi 4b and a respeaker 4.
Would be great if seeed could update it to work properly with the latest versions

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