Re: Phonon and pulseaudio
On Thursday 23 February 2012 20:54:16 Frédéric Burlet wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:43:14 PM Seb wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:08:25 +0100,
> >
> > Frédéric Burlet <fred@namurlug.org> wrote:
> > >> > Amarok and the notification system do not play any sound.
> > >> >
> > >> > If I use paplay (from pulseaudio), I do have sound. So, I guess the
> > >>
> > >> issue > is a "communication problem" between phonon and pulseaudio.
> > >>
> > >> > Before this upgrade, everything worked fine.
> > >>
> > >> Which backends are listed when you open the "Backend" tab in System
> > >> Settings > Multimedia > Phonon? Which output devices are listed on
> > >> the "Device Preference" tab? Do you hear any sound when you select
> > >> one of the devices and press the "Test" button on the bottom right
> > >> hand side?
> > >>
> > >> Also post the output of:
> > >>
> > >> lspci -knn | grep -iA2 audio cat /proc/asound/cards
> > >
> > > Hi Florian,
> > >
> > > I'm using vlc backend.
> >
> > I think the vlc backend is currently broken, at least in my sid system.
> > I was also using it until I noticed that simply going to System Settings
> > -> Multimedia -> Phonon crashed System Settings. I had to use the
> > Gstreamer backend by editing ~/.kde/share/config/servicetype_profilerc.
> > New vlc packages are on their way which will hopefully fix this. AFAIK,
> > Amarok can only use the Xine backend to play *.mp3, but the
> > phonon-backend-xine is not currently installable:
> >
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > phonon: Conflicts: phonon-backend-xine but 4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1 is to
> > be installed.
> > phonon-backend-xine: Depends: libphonon4 (= 4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1) but
> > 4:4.6.0.0-1 is installed.
>
> I did a few extra tests.
>
> I created a new user and started a new session and I got sound!
> Nevertheless, once I play with the options in System Settings -> Multimedia
> -> Phonon -> Audio Hardware Setup... I don't have sound anymore.
> (still playing with vlc backend)
>
> I don't know how to more investigate in order to locate the issue.
[Should cut the above but do not know where]
I got rid of pulse a long time ago.
Run 3.2 kernel, no sound from browsers, etc. Something like Timidity and
usually vlc will play.
Run the 3.1 kernel, it all plays.
Might be the problem.
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