Sorry--I failed to respond to list. Tom -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Tom Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: No sound with flash videos & iceweasel [was: Re: No sound > with video] > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:05:07 -0500 > > On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 17:55 -0500, Ralph Katz wrote: > > On 11/15/2007 04:29 PM, Tom Ashley wrote: > > > > > Hi Ralph, > > > > > > Thanks for the response. I had seen your posts previously and tried the > > > proposed solutions but none worked. Nevertheless, I reveiwed them again > > > just to be sure--still no luck. > > > > But you get Credits for having done the research! > > > > >> Which players work/don't work? Sound with flash running thru a browser > > >> is different from sound from an mpeg4 file playing on mplayer. > > >> > > > Totem, xmms, soundjuicer, rythmbox all work without any problems. > > > > > > > > My problem appears to be limited to the audio portion of flash videos; I > > > use Iceweasel with the flash plugin. > > > > OK, problem isolated. Flash does not play well with others, the player > > grabs ALSA, so maybe something is using it when flash tries to play > > audio. (For me with my old pnp sound card, the dmix plugin was the answer.) > > > > Just a thought, my cat /dev/sndstat output includes: > > Installed drivers: > > Type 10: ALSA emulation > > > > Does yours? > > > Mine shows: > > $ cat /dev/sndstat > Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.12rc1 emulation code) > Kernel: Linux tomshome 2.6.18-5-686 #1 SMP Wed Oct 3 00:12:50 UTC 2007 > i686 > Config options: 0 > > Installed drivers: > Type 10: ALSA emulation > > Card config: > C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC6 (model 55) at 0xd000, irq 5 > MPU-401 UART at 0x330, irq 10 > > Audio devices: > 0: C-Media PCI DAC/ADC (DUPLEX) > > Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > > Midi devices: > 1: MPU-401 UART MIDI > > Timers: > 7: system timer > > Mixers: > 0: CMedia PCI > 1: mixer10 > > > There is a command something like <lsof /dev/dsp>, but not that, to > > report what's using the sound driver or device. Uh.. time to turn it > > over to the experts. > > > Thanks for your help. Perhaps others may have ideas.
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