Re: loss of sound in VLC

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 01:18:30 +0000
Sharon Kimble <skimble04@gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay, lets try getting this down coherently and without emotion.
> 
> I am using gnome on uptodate squeeze, and my vlc sound was working up
> to the recent upgrade to 6.9.4.Now it is completely silent, my sound
> card is a C-media CMI8738, and I've checked all plugs going into it
> and they're all secure.and firmly fixed in place. I've tried changing
> from 'alsa mixer' to 'oss mixer' with no success, its still silent.
> All switches in alsa mixer are fully on and not locked in place.
> 
> I've tried googling but couldn’t find anything useful.The annoying
> thing is that rhythmbox works, kaffeine works, banshee works, movie
> player works, but vlc and dragon player both remain silent.

I'm no expert, but this sort of thing can happen when individual
applications are not configured to talk to the right sound device - you
can sometimes just get silence from one app, while others work.

In vlc, you can try checking under "Tools / Prefs / Audio / Output /
Output Module" and possibly adjusting the setting.

> I've removed VLC with apt-get, and then its orphans have been auto
> -removed, and then purged. then I've reinstalled vlc but still get the
> same problem of silence. Could this be a bug please?
> 
> Can anyone suggest further things to try to regain sound on vlc which
> worked very well until the recent upgrade.
> 
> Thank you
> Sharon.
> 
> On 01/02/2012, Sharon Kimble <skimble04@gmail.com> wrote:
> > what controls the sound on vlc please? i.e.where is its config file?
> > I've grepped for it but i cant find a config file in /home/user/  my
> > vlc is now sound less and i dont know why, i've tried changing round
> > the speaker device but its still soundless  some programs play, some
> > not play, amarok no,rhythmbox yes, clementine yes

vlc's user specific config files live under /home/$USER/.config/vlc

Celejar