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Squall90

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-10-19

Posts: 26

No sound in Xfce / gstreamer issue

Hi there,

today I've installed Archlinux on my PC and I wanted to try out the new Xfce, wich look really nice on the screenshots of the Xfce website.
I followed the wiki article about ALSA and I can play sounds in the console but not in Xfce. When I want to open xfce4-mixer, I get the message:

GStreamer was unable to detect any sound devices. Some sound system specific GStreamer packages may be missing. It may also be a permissions problem.

Then I've checked the gstreamer plugin, if it's installed or not. But it was installed and now I'm confused. Do I need a soundserver like ESD or PulseAudio to get the Audio running in Xfce?

And... Yes, I add the user to the audio group.

Regrards
Squall

peart

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From: Kanuckistan

Registered: 2003-07-28

Posts: 510

Re: No sound in Xfce / gstreamer issue

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 75#p492575

lmsguerr

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From: Loulé-Algarve-Portugal

Registered: 2008-05-20

Posts: 49

Re: No sound in Xfce / gstreamer issue

Squall90,

For me was just: pacman -S gstreamer0.10-plugins. Maybe you don't have the essential plugin of the group gstreamer.

Last edited by lmsguerr (2009-03-01 21:08:55)

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Squall90

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-10-19

Posts: 26

Re: No sound in Xfce / gstreamer issue

Okay, since I've installed all gstreamer-plugin packages, the sound almost work! Only audacious won't work and I don't why.
Now I'm using XMMS and it works great. What could the problem be?

Wenn I want to play a mp3, ogg file or a radio stream, I get the message:

No output plugin selected.
You have not selected an output plugin.

And when I try to change it in preferences -> audio; I can't change the "Current output plugin". It's just grey~

Thanks

rabbit827

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Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 6

Re: No sound in Xfce / gstreamer issue

Okay, since I've installed all gstreamer-plugin packages, the sound almost work! Only audacious won't work and I don't why.
Now I'm using XMMS and it works great. What could the problem be?

Wenn I want to play a mp3, ogg file or a radio stream, I get the message:

No output plugin selected.
You have not selected an output plugin.

And when I try to change it in preferences -> audio; I can't change the "Current output plugin". It's just grey~

Thanks

I had the same problem. This worked for me:

pacman -S audacious-plugins

heatblazer

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Registered: 2011-09-03

Posts: 26

Re: No sound in Xfce / gstreamer issue

Works fine here too Thumbs for the thread.... Some of us are gui weak Any info how to make up/down volume with keykomb?

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: No sound in Xfce / gstreamer issue

heatblazer, Do not necrobump threads. REad the forum rules.

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