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gmhafiz

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xine gives no sound output

This affects amarok, kaffeine, as well as vlc. When I play music or video on amarok and kaffeine respectively, it appears as if the files are playing but there is no sound. Visualization on amarok is playing normally and video in kaffeine is working but no sound. It's like the sound is muted. So I opened alsamixer. They are not muted. They shouldn't be because I can get sound coming from minimizing and maximizing applications in this kdemod desktop.

I have had the codec installed (#pacman -S codecs). The sound was working with no problem after I first did fresh install. There must be something I did that made the sound go silence.

gnud

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Registered: 2005-11-27

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Re: xine gives no sound output

You should have a look at Xine options maybe?
You could of course try to delete the ~/.xine directory, but if you've let the options be, that wouldnt help much.

Does mplayer give you sound?

gmhafiz

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Re: xine gives no sound output

You should have a look at Xine options maybe?
You could of course try to delete the ~/.xine directory, but if you've let the options be, that wouldnt help much.

Does mplayer give you sound?

I've deleted ~/.xine directory and used both mplayer and smplayer. Video is playing but with no sound.

daneel971

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Registered: 2008-03-28

Posts: 197

Re: xine gives no sound output

mplayer is useful because its output in the terminal gives you info on what's wrong - can you post it?
also, try to kill artsd

gmhafiz

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Re: xine gives no sound output

mplayer is useful because its output in the terminal gives you info on what's wrong - can you post it?
also, try to kill artsd

I now got sound working after I killed artsd. Why is that happening?

Anyhow, here's the mplayer output:

$ mplayer file.mkv
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E6750  @ 2.66GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 11)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
115 audio & 237 video codecs
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing file.mkv.
[mkv] Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC), -vid 0
[mkv] Track ID 2: audio (A_AAC), -aid 0, -alang jpn
[mkv] Will play video track 1.
Matroska file format detected.
VIDEO:  [avc1]  704x400  24bpp  23.976 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [faad] AAC (MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding)
FAAD: compressed input bitrate missing, assuming 128kbit/s!
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [faad] afm: faad (FAAD AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio) decoder)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 704 x 400 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.76:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 704x400 => 704x400 Planar YV12
A:  11.8 V:  11.8 A-V: -0.000 ct:  0.021 285/285  6%  1%  0.5% 0 0
Exiting... (Quit)

$ lspci | grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
05:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller (rev 01)

$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_intel         336440  0
snd_hwdep               7428  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_ice1724            85436  0
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx      3584  1 snd_ice1724
snd_ac97_codec         98084  1 snd_ice1724
snd_ak4114              8192  1 snd_ice1724
snd_pt2258              3968  1 snd_ice1724
snd_i2c                 4864  2 snd_ice1724,snd_pt2258
snd_ak4xxx_adda         8064  2 snd_ice1724,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_mpu401_uart         7168  1 snd_ice1724
snd_rawmidi            19968  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_oss            30336  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6656  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48560  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6796  3 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            38656  0
snd_pcm                68228  5 snd_hda_intel,snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19848  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14848  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    46628  17 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_pt2258,snd_i2c,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               6496  1 snd
ac97_bus                2048  1 snd_ac97_codec

daneel971

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Registered: 2008-03-28

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Re: xine gives no sound output

I now got sound working after I killed artsd. Why is that happening?

artsd is locking your audio device.
Go to kcontrolcenter -> sound and multimedia -> sound system, and set "Auto-suspend if idle after" 1 sec.

gmhafiz

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Registered: 2008-07-19

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Re: xine gives no sound output

I did that, but there's still no sound.

Taking a step further, I typed: # alsactl store

And I restart alsa: # /etc/rc.d/alsa restart

Now I got sound coming from amarok and smplayer! So far it's working. Thanks. Perhaps It was the kdemod that made the sound disappeared?

gmhafiz

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Re: xine gives no sound output

Movies plays fine but there is intermittent sudden pause of sound (every 2 or 3 seconds) when I play using amarok, kaffeine, smplayer, and vlc. How do I fix this?

$ ./aadebug
ALSA Audio Debug v0.1.0 - Sat Jul 26 17:24:09 PDT 2008
http://alsa.opensrc.org/aadebug
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt

Kernel ----------------------------------------------------
Linux dhcppc0 2.6.25-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 14 15:25:51 UTC 2008 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Loaded Modules --------------------------------------------
snd_hda_intel         336440  0
snd_hwdep               7428  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_ice1724            85436  0
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx      3584  1 snd_ice1724
snd_ac97_codec         98084  1 snd_ice1724
snd_ak4114              8192  1 snd_ice1724
snd_pt2258              3968  1 snd_ice1724
snd_i2c                 4864  2 snd_ice1724,snd_pt2258
snd_ak4xxx_adda         8064  2 snd_ice1724,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_mpu401_uart         7168  1 snd_ice1724
snd_rawmidi            19968  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_oss            30336  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6656  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48560  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6796  3 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            38656  0
snd_pcm                68228  5 snd_hda_intel,snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19848  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14848  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    46628  17 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_pt2258,snd_i2c,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss

Proc Config -----------------------------------------------
CONFIG_SOUND=m
CONFIG_SND=m
CONFIG_SND_TIMER=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM=m
CONFIG_SND_HWDEP=m
CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m
# CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY is not set
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS=y
CONFIG_SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API=y
CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS=y
# CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_SND_MPU401_UART=m
CONFIG_SND_OPL3_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_OPL4_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_VX_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=m
CONFIG_SND_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_SND_VIRMIDI=m
CONFIG_SND_MTPAV=m
CONFIG_SND_MTS64=m
CONFIG_SND_SERIAL_U16550=m
CONFIG_SND_MPU401=m
CONFIG_SND_PORTMAN2X4=m
CONFIG_SND_AD1848_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_CS4231_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_SB_COMMON=m
CONFIG_SND_SB8_DSP=m
CONFIG_SND_SB16_DSP=m
CONFIG_SND_ADLIB=m
CONFIG_SND_AD1816A=m
CONFIG_SND_AD1848=m
CONFIG_SND_ALS100=m
CONFIG_SND_AZT2320=m
CONFIG_SND_CMI8330=m
CONFIG_SND_CS4231=m
CONFIG_SND_CS4232=m
CONFIG_SND_CS4236=m
CONFIG_SND_DT019X=m
CONFIG_SND_ES968=m
CONFIG_SND_ES1688=m
CONFIG_SND_ES18XX=m
CONFIG_SND_SC6000=m
CONFIG_SND_GUS_SYNTH=m
CONFIG_SND_GUSCLASSIC=m
CONFIG_SND_GUSEXTREME=m
CONFIG_SND_GUSMAX=m
CONFIG_SND_INTERWAVE=m
CONFIG_SND_INTERWAVE_STB=m
CONFIG_SND_OPL3SA2=m
CONFIG_SND_OPTI92X_AD1848=m
CONFIG_SND_OPTI92X_CS4231=m
CONFIG_SND_OPTI93X=m
CONFIG_SND_MIRO=m
CONFIG_SND_SB8=m
CONFIG_SND_SB16=m
CONFIG_SND_SBAWE=m
CONFIG_SND_SB16_CSP=y
CONFIG_SND_SB16_CSP_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_SND_SGALAXY=m
CONFIG_SND_SSCAPE=m
CONFIG_SND_WAVEFRONT=m
CONFIG_SND_WAVEFRONT_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_SND_AD1889=m
CONFIG_SND_ALS300=m
CONFIG_SND_ALS4000=m
CONFIG_SND_ALI5451=m
CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP=m
CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP_MODEM=m
CONFIG_SND_AU8810=m
CONFIG_SND_AU8820=m
CONFIG_SND_AU8830=m
CONFIG_SND_AZT3328=m
CONFIG_SND_BT87X=m
# CONFIG_SND_BT87X_OVERCLOCK is not set
CONFIG_SND_CA0106=m
CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI=m
CONFIG_SND_OXYGEN_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_OXYGEN=m
CONFIG_SND_CS4281=m
CONFIG_SND_CS46XX=m
CONFIG_SND_CS46XX_NEW_DSP=y
CONFIG_SND_CS5530=m
CONFIG_SND_CS5535AUDIO=m
CONFIG_SND_DARLA20=m
CONFIG_SND_GINA20=m
CONFIG_SND_LAYLA20=m
CONFIG_SND_DARLA24=m
CONFIG_SND_GINA24=m
CONFIG_SND_LAYLA24=m
CONFIG_SND_MONA=m
CONFIG_SND_MIA=m
CONFIG_SND_ECHO3G=m
CONFIG_SND_INDIGO=m
CONFIG_SND_INDIGOIO=m
CONFIG_SND_INDIGODJ=m
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1=m
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1X=m
CONFIG_SND_ENS1370=m
CONFIG_SND_ENS1371=m
CONFIG_SND_ES1938=m
CONFIG_SND_ES1968=m
CONFIG_SND_FM801=m
CONFIG_SND_FM801_TEA575X_BOOL=y
CONFIG_SND_FM801_TEA575X=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ANALOG=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SIGMATEL=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_VIA=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ATIHDMI=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CONEXANT=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CMEDIA=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SI3054=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT=0
CONFIG_SND_HDSP=m
CONFIG_SND_HDSPM=m
CONFIG_SND_HIFIER=m
CONFIG_SND_ICE1712=m
CONFIG_SND_ICE1724=m
CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=m
CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M=m
CONFIG_SND_KORG1212=m
CONFIG_SND_KORG1212_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3=m
CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXART=m
CONFIG_SND_NM256=m
CONFIG_SND_PCXHR=m
CONFIG_SND_RIPTIDE=m
CONFIG_SND_RME32=m
CONFIG_SND_RME96=m
CONFIG_SND_RME9652=m
CONFIG_SND_SIS7019=m
CONFIG_SND_SONICVIBES=m
CONFIG_SND_TRIDENT=m
CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX=m
CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX_MODEM=m
CONFIG_SND_VIRTUOSO=m
CONFIG_SND_VX222=m
CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI=m
CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE=y
CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT=0
CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO=m
CONFIG_SND_USB_USX2Y=m
CONFIG_SND_USB_CAIAQ=m
CONFIG_SND_USB_CAIAQ_INPUT=y
CONFIG_SND_VXPOCKET=m
CONFIG_SND_PDAUDIOCF=m
CONFIG_SND_SOC=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME is not set

Modprobe Conf ---------------------------------------------

Proc Asound -----------------------------------------------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.16rc2 (Thu Jan 31 16:40:16 2008 UTC).
 0 [HD2            ]: Prodigy71HD2 - Audiotrak Prodigy HD2
                      Audiotrak Prodigy HD2 at 0xd000, irq 19
 1 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xfa100000 irq 22
  2:        : timer
  3:        : sequencer
  4: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback
  5: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture
  6: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback
  7: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture
  8: [ 0]   : control
  9: [ 1- 2]: digital audio capture
 10: [ 1- 1]: digital audio playback
 11: [ 1- 1]: digital audio capture
 12: [ 1- 0]: digital audio playback
 13: [ 1- 0]: digital audio capture
 14: [ 1- 2]: hardware dependent
 15: [ 1]   : control
01-02: HDA Codec 2
00-01: IEC1724 IEC958 : IEC1724 IEC958 : playback 1 : capture 1
00-00: ICE1724 : ICE1724 : playback 1 : capture 1
01-02: ALC882 Analog : ALC882 Analog : capture 2
01-01: ALC882 Digital : ALC882 Digital : playback 1 : capture 1
01-00: ALC882 Analog : ALC882 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1
Client info
  cur  clients : 2
  peak clients : 2
  max  clients : 192

Client   0 : "System" [Kernel]
  Port   0 : "Timer" (Rwe-)
  Port   1 : "Announce" (R-e-)
    Connecting To: 15:0
Client  15 : "OSS sequencer" [Kernel]
  Port   0 : "Receiver" (-we-)
    Connected From: 0:1

Dev Snd ---------------------------------------------------
controlC0  hwC1D2    pcmC0D0p  pcmC0D1p  pcmC1D0p  pcmC1D1p  seq
controlC1  pcmC0D0c  pcmC0D1c  pcmC1D0c  pcmC1D1c  pcmC1D2c  timer

CPU -------------------------------------------------------
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E6750  @ 2.66GHz
cpu MHz         : 2666.781
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E6750  @ 2.66GHz
cpu MHz         : 2666.781

RAM -------------------------------------------------------
MemTotal:      2074620 kB
SwapTotal:     2104472 kB

Hardware --------------------------------------------------
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02)
05:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller (rev 01)

gmhafiz

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Re: xine gives no sound output

I removed kdemod and reinstalled vanilla kde (kdebase) but the same problem still persist.

Next, I tried installing totem. Magically, the .mkv file plays without any problem with kaffeine and my mp3s are not skipping in amarok!

However, there's still no sound in totem and smplayer while mplayer gives an error [AO_ALSA] unabel to find simple control  'PCM' 0