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dswain500

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Registered: 2011-11-13

Posts: 2

Cannot Hear Audio From GStreamer-Backed Applications

I'm currently trying to get audio to play through any application using the default gstreamer back-end. I've installed all of the gstreamer plugins I should need (mainly for mp3 support). Here is that list:

extra/gstreamer0.10-bad 0.10.22-2 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) [installed]
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugin libraries (gst-plugins-bad)
extra/gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins 0.10.22-2 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) [installed]
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugins (gst-plugins-bad)
extra/gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.35-1 [installed]
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base plugin libraries
extra/gstreamer0.10-base-plugins 0.10.35-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) [installed]
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugins (gst-plugins-base)
extra/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.12-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) [installed]
    Gstreamer FFMpeg Plugin
extra/gstreamer0.10-good 0.10.30-1 [installed]
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good plugin libraries
extra/gstreamer0.10-good-plugins 0.10.30-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) [installed]
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good Plugins (gst-plugins-good)
extra/gstreamer0.10-python 0.10.21-1 [installed]
    Python bindings for GStreamer 0.10
extra/gstreamer0.10-ugly 0.10.18-4 [installed]
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly plugin libraries
extra/gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins 0.10.18-4 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) [installed]
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly Plugins (gst-plugins-ugly)
extra/libcanberra-gstreamer 0.28-2
    GStreamer plugin for libcanberra
extra/phonon-gstreamer 4.5.1-1 [installed]
    Phonon GStreamer backend

I've ensured that the mixers are unmuted for the default sound card. There are multiple sound cards (including ones provided through HDMI which I'm not using now). I've verified this because I can play audio online (YouTube videos work for example). I've also made sure my user in the audio group.

When trying to play audio from Exaile or Banshee, the song loads and indicates that it is playing the file. However, I cannot actually hear the audio.

I ran Banshee with --debug set, but was unable to see any immediate errors. A sample of the output is below (I can provide the full output if desired):

[1 Debug 23:38:53.715] Starting GTK main loop
[1 Debug 23:38:53.975] Creating Pango.Layout, configuring Cairo.Context
[1 Debug 23:38:54.058] Creating Pango.Layout, configuring Cairo.Context
[1 Info  23:38:54.201] nereid Client Started
[1 Debug 23:38:54.205] Delayed Initializating Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEngineService
[1 Debug 23:38:54.251] (libbanshee:player) Audiosink has volume: YES
[1 Debug 23:38:54.265] (libbanshee:player) Using system (gst-plugins-good) equalizer element
[1 Debug 23:38:54.349] Player state change: NotReady -> Ready
[1 Debug 23:38:54.356] Loaded equalizer presets: 0.000332
[1 Debug 23:38:54.363] Selected equalizer: Rock
[1 Debug 23:38:54.369] Player state change: Ready -> Idle
[1 Debug 23:38:54.375] (libbanshee:player) Disabled ReplayGain
[1 Info  23:38:54.377] GStreamer version 0.10.35.0, gapless: True, replaygain: False
[1 Debug 23:38:54.378] Delayed Initializating Banshee.Dap.DapService
[1 Debug 23:38:54.386] Delayed Initializating Banshee.LibraryWatcher.LibraryWatcherService
[1 Debug 23:38:54.403] Core service started (LibraryImportManager, 0.007724)
[1 Debug 23:38:54.522] Started LibraryWatcher for Music (/mnt/media/music/)
[1 Debug 23:38:54.524] Started LibraryWatcher for Videos (/home/dswain/Videos/)
[1 Debug 23:38:55.528] Finished - Startup Job
[1 Debug 23:38:55.536] Starting - Downloading Cover Art
[9 Debug 23:38:55.540] Finished - Downloading Cover Art
[1 Debug 23:38:57.183] Player state change: Idle -> Loading
[1 Debug 23:38:57.391] Player state change: Loading -> Loaded
[1 Debug 23:38:57.401] (libbanshee:player) [gapless] Triggering track-change signal
[1 Debug 23:38:57.482] Player state change: Loaded -> Playing
[1 Debug 23:38:57.488] Creating Pango.Layout, configuring Cairo.Context
[1 Debug 23:38:57.488] Creating Pango.Layout, configuring Cairo.Context
[1 Debug 23:38:58.491] TrackInfoDisplay RenderAnimation: 32.00 FPS

Last edited by dswain500 (2011-11-13 04:56:07)

Strike0

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-09-05

Posts: 1,429

Re: Cannot Hear Audio From GStreamer-Backed Applications

Hi, your issue reads very similar, check here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129987