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SgrA

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Registered: 2011-06-08

Posts: 41

Sound Issues: Sounds from media files do not work

Recently, sounds from media files or YouTube stopped working. All other sounds like notifications from Pidgin, etc work normally.

Here is the output of VLC in a terminal when playing a video:
VLC media player 1.1.10 The Luggage (revision exported)
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
[0xff2120] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "")
Blocked: call to setenv("ORBIT_SOCKETDIR", "/tmp/orbit-ashutosh", 1)
Warning: call to srand(1307143808)
Warning: call to rand()
Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "")

(process:15960): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
    Using the fallback 'C' locale.

(<unknown>:15960): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "ubuntulooks",

(<unknown>:15960): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: invoking IsSupported() failed for remote volume monitor with dbus name org.gtk.Private.GduVolumeMonitor: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildSignaled: Process /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor received signal 6
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error: signal 17 overriden (0x7f456a6ea250)
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error:  /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(?)[(nil)]
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error: signal 17 overriden (0x7f456a6ea250)
[0x17c4120] pulse audio output error: cannot connect to server: Connection refused
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error:  /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(?)[(nil)]
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error: signal 17 overriden (0x7f456a6ea250)
ALSA lib pulse.c:229:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error:  /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(?)[(nil)]
[0x17c4120] oss audio output error: cannot open audio device (/dev/dsp)
[0x17c4120] jack audio output error: failed to connect to JACK server
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error: signal 17 overriden (0x7f456a6ea250)
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error:  /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(?)[(nil)]
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error: signal 17 overriden (0x7f456a6ea250)
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error:  /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(?)[(nil)]
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error: signal 17 overriden (0x7f456a6ea250)
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error:  /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(?)[(nil)]
ALSA lib pulse.c:229:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error: signal 17 overriden (0x7f456a6ea250)
[0x10e9ce0] signals interface error:  /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(?)[(nil)]

ewaller

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Re: Sound Issues: Sounds from media files do not work

Is this related?

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SgrA

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Registered: 2011-06-08

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Re: Sound Issues: Sounds from media files do not work

Deleting ~/.macromedia solved the issue for files on YouTube but playing media files locally still doesn't work. Thanks foir the partial fix though.

PS: Sorry for post on wrong board. Please move it to the appropriate Multimedia and Gaming board.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,852

Re: Sound Issues: Sounds from media files do not work

Deleting ~/.macromedia solved the issue for files on YouTube but playing media files locally still doesn't work. Thanks foir the partial fix though.

PS: Sorry for post on wrong board. Please move it to the appropriate Multimedia and Gaming board.

Done

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SgrA

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Registered: 2011-06-08

Posts: 41

Re: Sound Issues: Sounds from media files do not work

I solved the issue by uninstalling PulseAudio and its GNOMEis components completely.