Re: no sound in galeon/mozilla flash
on Thu, 30 Oct 2003 04:45:35PM -0500, Mental Patient insinuated: Nori Heikkinen wrote: short version: i can't get sound with flash in mozilla or galeon. longer version: i've installed flashplugin-nonfree and libflash0. i can see flash movies in my two browsers (haven't tested it on anything else), but i can't hear anything. sometimes xmms is running when this happens; sometimes not. sound in general works. can anyone help me out here? all i want at work is a little homestarrunner! Some sound cards (sblive and... i forget) support multiple opens in hardware. Meaning, more than one program can open and use /dev/dsp at once. hm, i'm using a Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 12). Other cards do not support this, so if one program is using /dev/dsp, nobody else can. For desktop environments, this is largely worked around by using a dsp wrapper (esound for gnome, artsd for kde) and using that daemon to get to sound instead. xmms has plugins for both, or it can use alsa/oss natively. The downside is that this adds a little latency to the sound, but personally I've never noticed it. Then again, at home my primary sound card supports multiple opens so not everything is using artsd. You didn't mention what the underlying sound system is, i'm not sure -- but i have the osst module inserted into the kernel, and nothing that says alsa. but it doesnt matter much as I do belive flash only supports oss. If you're using alsa, load the oss compatibility modules for playing pcm data and using the mixer. If none of this helps, do an 'fuser -v /dev/dsp' and see what processes are using it. Kill them and retry using flash (you might have to restart the brower completely as I'm not sure that flash ever retries the open on the soundcard). when i'm using xmms, that lists about 7 PIDs accessing /dev/dsp. when i kill xmms, make sure nobody's accessing /dev/dsp, and restart my browser (either galeon or mozilla), i still get a picture with no sound, and 'fuser -v /dev/dsp' doesn't tell me that anyone's accessing the sound device. hm ... thanks again, /nori -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^ get my (*new*) key here: http://www.maenad.net/geek/gpg/7ede5499.asc (please *remove* old key 11e031f1!) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: no sound in galeon/mozilla flash
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 10:52:32AM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: If none of this helps, do an 'fuser -v /dev/dsp' and see what processes are using it. Kill them and retry using flash (you might have to restart the brower completely as I'm not sure that flash ever retries the open on the soundcard). when i'm using xmms, that lists about 7 PIDs accessing /dev/dsp. Actually those are threads, but yeah. when i kill xmms, make sure nobody's accessing /dev/dsp, and restart my browser (either galeon or mozilla), i still get a picture with no sound, and 'fuser -v /dev/dsp' doesn't tell me that anyone's accessing the sound device. hm ... Mozilla packages in debian have a dsp wrapper thats configurable at install time. It looks like you're using OSS drivers for the card. I've had flash working in moz under debian... Check if there's a dsp wrapper, if there is, either make sure the daemon needed is running, or dont use a wrapper. -- Mental ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) There's a gift that lays before us But it's barely out of reach So we turn our backs and walk away And sing our souls to sleep --Assemblage 23 GPG public key: http://www.neverlight.com/pas/Mental.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
no sound in galeon/mozilla flash
short version: i can't get sound with flash in mozilla or galeon. longer version: i've installed flashplugin-nonfree and libflash0. i can see flash movies in my two browsers (haven't tested it on anything else), but i can't hear anything. sometimes xmms is running when this happens; sometimes not. sound in general works. can anyone help me out here? all i want at work is a little homestarrunner! thanks a lot, /nori -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^ get my (*new*) key here: http://www.maenad.net/geek/gpg/7ede5499.asc (please *remove* old key 11e031f1!) pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: no sound in galeon/mozilla flash
Nori Heikkinen wrote: short version: i can't get sound with flash in mozilla or galeon. longer version: i've installed flashplugin-nonfree and libflash0. i can see flash movies in my two browsers (haven't tested it on anything else), but i can't hear anything. sometimes xmms is running when this happens; sometimes not. sound in general works. can anyone help me out here? all i want at work is a little homestarrunner! thanks a lot, /nori Some sound cards (sblive and... i forget) support multiple opens in hardware. Meaning, more than one program can open and use /dev/dsp at once. Other cards do not support this, so if one program is using /dev/dsp, nobody else can. For desktop environments, this is largely worked around by using a dsp wrapper (esound for gnome, artsd for kde) and using that daemon to get to sound instead. xmms has plugins for both, or it can use alsa/oss natively. The downside is that this adds a little latency to the sound, but personally I've never noticed it. Then again, at home my primary sound card supports multiple opens so not everything is using artsd. You didn't mention what the underlying sound system is, but it doesnt matter much as I do belive flash only supports oss. If you're using alsa, load the oss compatibility modules for playing pcm data and using the mixer. If none of this helps, do an 'fuser -v /dev/dsp' and see what processes are using it. Kill them and retry using flash (you might have to restart the brower completely as I'm not sure that flash ever retries the open on the soundcard). -- Mental ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Torah... The Gospels... The Koran... Each claimed as the infallible word of GOD. Misquoted, misinterpreted, misunderstood, and misapplied. Maybe that's why he doesn't do any more interviews. - sinfest.com CARPE NOCTEM, QUAM MINIMUM CREDULA POSTERO. GPG public key: http://www.neverlight.com/pas/Mental.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
