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johane

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[Solved] No sound in videos (flash, divx ... ...)

When I try to play videos I only see the video but there are no sound at all.
I have sound in Amarok, I can play streams and mp3's without problem so I guess Alsa is working.
What can I have missed? Where do I start.
I have tried with and without .asoundrc.

Last edited by johane (2012-08-12 10:43:40)

theshadster

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Re: [Solved] No sound in videos (flash, divx ... ...)

What did you put in .asoundrc ?
This works for me:

pcm.!default {
type hw
card 1
}
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 1
}

ewaller

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Re: [Solved] No sound in videos (flash, divx ... ...)

Are you using pulseaudio?
Are you using KDE? (You stated Amarok, it does not require KDE)

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johane

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From: Dalarna - Sweden

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Re: [Solved] No sound in videos (flash, divx ... ...)

What did you put in .asoundrc ?
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Now I dont have a .asoundrc. I had one that I copied from a similiar computer. And one with just a few entries. It was the same, just sound in Amarok.

Are you using pulseaudio?
Are you using KDE? (You stated Amarok, it does not require KDE)

No I don't use Pulseaudio.
Sorry I forgot to mention, I use KDE.

Some other info about my system:

Linux 3.4.7-1-arch
KDE 4.9
Intel atom D2700
4g ram
nVidia GT 520M nVidia 304.32 (audio/video)

brebs

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Re: [Solved] No sound in videos (flash, divx ... ...)

pcm.!default {
type hw
card 1

With that config, you're disabling dmix.

Try my ~/.asoundrc

Use the speaker-test command, to test audio. Then show the error message.

bohoomil

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Re: [Solved] No sound in videos (flash, divx ... ...)

Worth reading, works as expected for a simple Phonon + Alsa setup: http://userbase.kde.org/Phonon .

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johane

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From: Dalarna - Sweden

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Re: [Solved] No sound in videos (flash, divx ... ...)

Try my ~/.asoundrc

Use the speaker-test command, to test audio. Then show the error message.

Speaker-test reports no errors and I hear the noise as I should. :-/

Wow thats a huge .asoundrc you got.
I copied it and changed card and device to my numbers and yes there is sound now but it is very distorted.
So I guess the problem is with the .asoundrc-file. I just have to get it right.

johane

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Re: [Solved] No sound in videos (flash, divx ... ...)

Hm. The problem is smplayer. When I start the film with mplayer I have clear sound but with smplayer it gets distorted.

Edit: Changed from 4-channel to 2 and now it sounds good.

Thank you for your help with this. :-)

Last edited by johane (2012-08-12 10:43:05)

bohoomil

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Re: [Solved] No sound in videos (flash, divx ... ...)

Have you tried using the following config bits in your /etc/asound.conf? This configuration works well with Phonon and GStreamer backend. In smplayer you have to set the audio driver to alsa and it should work without a glitch.

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