Can't have sound from flash concurrently with any other application

DarkForte · 2011-09-13 21:05:43

Greetings,

I am using Arch64, and running flashplugin 10.3.183 from multilib. The matter is: when I have any flash stuff running in a browser, either nothing else can play sounds (speaker-test produces no sound output), or the other applications can play sounds, and flash itself has no audio.

Is this something I can solve or is it a bug with flashplugin or ALSA?

Thanks for the help,
DarkForte

Zibi1981 · 2011-09-13 21:15:40

Did you try using version flashplugin-beta 11.0.1.129-1 from AUR?

DarkForte · 2011-09-13 21:30:49

Yes, but I had to switch from it because it was making Gnome lag and crash every time the plugin started, being wildly unstable. However, I don't remember having this specific sound issue with it.

Last edited by DarkForte (2011-09-13 21:31:00)

the sad clown · 2011-09-13 21:51:43

Perhaps your problem is with Gnome. What did the error messages say when it was crashing? I have been using the AUR flashplugin for x86_64 and have never experienced any serious stability issues. But I use dwm or evilwm.

Anyway, there are two mentions of flash on the alsa page:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … ides_UI.29

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … resampling

Do either of these apply to you?

DarkForte · 2011-09-13 21:55:50

Not really. They involve stuff I don't even have installed. The problem is not that I don't have sound in flashplayer, but rather that it blocks the sound output of other applications.

the sad clown · 2011-09-13 22:13:06

Actually, this will probably solve your problem:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … ystem#ALSA

DarkForte · 2011-09-13 22:28:00

The lib32 packages are already installed.

the sad clown · 2011-09-13 23:27:34

And you aren't using pulseaudio or OSS?

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Can't have sound from flash concurrently with any other application

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