IOError: [Errno -9997] Invalid sample rate about snowboy HOT 8 CLOSED

Hi, regarding changing the sampling rate, Snowboy requires a specific sampling rate which you can see by calling the SampleRate() function. For now it's 16k. You can use different sampling rate for PyAudio, but when you feed the data to Snowboy detector, you will have to convert the data to 16k sampling rate.

As for the "Invalid sample rate" error, there's a long discussion in this thread. It might has something to do with pulseaudio. Some people mentioned that they were able to fix the issue by using a fresh installation of the OS. You can go through the thread to see what's the best fix.

Please do let us know if you end up with a nice solution to the issue!

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Ok, thanks for the update. For now I started new with a fresh image of Raspbian jesse. If I run into this issue there, I'll dig further. I was doing a lot with installing libraries and messing with the microphone, so maybe something got whacky in that.

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@nomadic-squirrel could you let me know if this was fixed eventually? If yes how did you fix it? Thanks!

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Yea, I just tested it. I still get the same ALSA warnings, then I get this output:

ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
Listening... Press Ctrl+C to exit
INFO:snowboy:Keyword 1 detected at time: 2016-08-05 18:27:15

And it will detect if I speak directly into the mic. I think I futzed around with my alsa settings and fubard something along the lines. This is a mostly fresh image with just the development libraries and snowboy installed.

So, not terribly helpful, sorry :(

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I've got similar error on Raspberry with the C++ sample.

Fail to open PortAudio stream, error message is "Invalid sample rate"
Listening... Press Ctrl+C to exit

and nothing works.

ALSA description of my microphone is:

Name                        = USB PnP Sound Device: Audio (hw:1,0)
Host API                    = ALSA
Max inputs = 1, Max outputs = 0
Default low input latency   =   0.0087
Default low output latency  =  -1.0000
Default high input latency  =   0.0348
Default high output latency =  -1.0000
Default sample rate         = 44100.00
Supported standard sample rates
 for half-duplex 16 bit 1 channel input =
	44100.00, 48000.00

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Snowboy requires a sample rate of 16k, it could be that the 16k sampling rate is not supported by your microphone. If you have other microphones by hand, you can give them a try.

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I am having the same invalid sample rate issue, The sample rate support by my USB mic is 44100. So where and how should I set the sample rate?

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@sriranjanr There are usually two options:

1. Try another microphone

2. Try the arecord demo: https://github.com/Kitt-AI/snowboy/blob/master/examples/Python/demo_arecord.py

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