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eddygrinder

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Registered: 2009-12-07

Posts: 17

No sound with Amarok *

Hi!
I'm a newbie to Arch but not to Linux!
I use Slackware for a few years but now i decide to explore and try Arch

I'v done a net install and everything went smoothly... except:

I have no sound on Amarok!

mplayer runs fine;
i've done the test and speakers are just fine but amarok don't!

I've installed phonon-xine but when i do that the speakers stop working when i run "test" under amarok (settings -> configure amarok -> playback -> configure phonon)

So i uninstalled phonon-xine and the test speakers work just fine

So i need some help, what is missing?

The sound board is a Creative X-FI, the module is loaded: snd_ca0106

Thx
EddY

Last edited by eddygrinder (2010-10-08 13:13:45)

bug

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From: Israel

Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 48

Re: No sound with Amarok *

Only thing I can think of, are you sure Amarok is configured to use Alsa / OSS / Jack / Whatever you use?

kachelaqa

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Registered: 2010-09-26

Posts: 216

Re: No sound with Amarok *

do you get the same problems with the test if you use the phonon-gstreamer backend?

also, have you tried running amarok in a terminal with the --debug option to see if there are any errors when you play a track?

anrxc

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-03-22

Posts: 834

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Re: No sound with Amarok *

You need a backend for amarok, like phonon-xine, but you also need HAL daemon running. If you don't have it, one alternative is to install 'jack', amarok will fallback to it.

Last edited by anrxc (2010-10-05 18:30:48)

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You need to install an RTFM interface.

eddygrinder

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Registered: 2009-12-07

Posts: 17

Re: No sound with Amarok *

Hi,
bug: I have alsa installed, so amarok is configured to use it.

kachelaqa: If i use phonon-gstreamer i don't have any sound. So, today i've installed phonon-vlc and use it as a backend  to amarok and it works!
I guess the problem is phonon-xine, right? I don't know if i missed some package, as i said, is the first time that i installed and configured Arch.

anrxc: Right now i am not on my pc, so i don't remember if i installed HAL!

Thx
EddY

eddygrinder

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Registered: 2009-12-07

Posts: 17

Re: No sound with Amarok *

Hi,
The problem was hal daemon not running!

Upgraded my system, hal start on boot and the music is playin'
The sound board is detected not as CA0106 but as X-FI xtreme audio!

Thx a lot for your help!

cheers
EddY

eddygrinder

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Registered: 2009-12-07

Posts: 17

Re: No sound with Amarok *

hi,

My first problem is fixed, i have sound on Amarok and yestarday i manage to fix ALL my sound problems, amarok, vlc, youtube all with sound and playin' at the same time!

Today, i only have sound on amarok, for example the youtube videos don't play sound: I don't remeber what i do and i don't know what to do anymore! (On Slackware was out of the box... alsaconf and et voilá!)

Simply, after i turn on my pc the sound on youtube... pufff...

Need advice!
Thx,
EddY

eddygrinder

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Registered: 2009-12-07

Posts: 17

Re: No sound with Amarok *

Just one more thing:
Today i was playing some music on mplayer and run a movie and the result was...

The filme has no sound and the music continued to play but 3 or 4 times faster!!!
When i hit pause and play again, the music was playing well!!

(Sorry for my bad english...)

Need help....

Thx
EddY