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archangel_lucif

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Registered: 2015-11-22

Posts: 10

HexChat/XChat sounds won't play

I've had this issue for some time now but it just now occurred to me to get up and come ask about it, since I figured I wouldn't be able to figure this out myself anyways. If I set a sound file to play (I've tried other formats, mind you) in the "Sounds" option for anything, HexChat/XChat (Tried both) simply refuses to play them. I'm guessing I'm missing something that's needed for HexChat to communicate with pulseaudio?

Last edited by archangel_lucif (2016-01-23 18:26:11)

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: HexChat/XChat sounds won't play

Do you specify a command as the sound player, e.g.: aplay %f

... *without* quotes? Probably *need* quotes, to work with the space in "IRC Files".

archangel_lucif

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Registered: 2015-11-22

Posts: 10

Re: HexChat/XChat sounds won't play

Do you specify a command as the sound player, e.g.: aplay %f

... *without* quotes? Probably *need* quotes, to work with the space in "IRC Files".

I've tried it in different directories before; also how would I do that?

theRedCyclops

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Registered: 2022-06-17

Posts: 69

Re: HexChat/XChat sounds won't play

Hey, I had this issue on my laptop, check that you have sox installed, it seems like hexchat uses it to play audio

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,601

Re: HexChat/XChat sounds won't play

theRedCyclops,  watch the age of threads.  I hope they are not still looking for an answer 9 years later.

Using this opportunity to close this old thread.

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