On 29/09/2015 17:10, Andrew Lowe wrote: > On 09/29/2015 08:46 PM, Andrew Lowe wrote: >> Evening all, >> I've just gone through the process of upgrading to KDE Plasma, that's >> V5 now isn't it. I think everything went correctly, although it's still >> got baloo, now to get rid of that... >> >> Anyway, I have vlc as my audio/video player and after the upgrade >> clicking on a video will give me video but no audio. Clicking on an >> audio file will give me nothing. The progress bar moves across, but no >> volume. Using JuK, which I also have installed, gives me sound when a >> music track is played. >> >> Going into vlc then Tools -> Preferences and selecting "Reset >> Preferences", accepting the reset warning dialogue, then closing vlc, >> then restarting it with the same music track WILL give me sound. As I've >> reset the preference, vlc will pop up the "Privacy and Network Access >> Policy" dialogue asking if it can use the network for metadata. I >> unselect this, then hit "Continue" and in turn the sound is killed, half >> way through a track. Closing down and restarting does not give me back >> sound. Redoing the reset preferences dialogue button does. >> >> Has anyone come across this problem and if so, a remedy by any chance? >> It's off to the vlc bug tracker now to see if it's a known problem.... >> >> Regards, >> Andrew >> >> > > Don't know if I'm answering my own question but.... In fiddling around > I saw that the audio output, Audio -> Audio Device, was set to something > that it shouldn't be. I changed it to the proper device and it now works. > > Having said that, now if I close vlc then restart, it's back to the > original, wrong, device and hence, no sound. Also if it is set correctly > and I then select the Audio menu, it loses the correct audio device, and > the sound. As typing this, it occurred to me that in this case and my > original question, that it is user interface actions that cause the loss > of sound. Maybe there are still problems with the qt5 integration?
vlc with plasma5 works fine for me here, I didn't have to do anything after upgrading plasma. But I was having similar issues long ago with plasma 4. Making explicit choices under phonon in system settings back then fixed that. i.e. not relying on some "default" hardware, be explicit -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
