Re: Help with starting Totem

["[KS]" <lists04@fastmail.fm>]

Seeker5528 wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:01:03 -0400
> "[KS]" <lists04@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
>  
> 
>>lsof doesn't give me anything :(
>>~# lsof /dev/dsp
>>~#
>>
>>Any other pointers?
> 
> 
> Are you using totem-gstreamer or totem-xine
> Are you using alsa drivers?
> 
> If you don't know then open a terminal window and type:
> 
> dpkg -l totem*
> 
> : you should see 'ii' to the left of one of these packages indicating it
> is the installed version.
> 
> If you don't know what audio driver you are using then in a terminal
> window type:
> 
> lsmod | grep snd
> 
> : if this results in several lines of text with snd- in them then you
> are using the alsa driver.
> 
> If you are using totem-gstreamer and alsa, make sure the gstreamer-alsa
> plugin is installed then in a terminal window and type:
> 
> gstreamer-properties
> 
> : and select the alsa output option and see if that makes a difference.
> 
> If you are running totem-xine then try running xine to see if it has the
> same issue, if it does try fixing the issue there.
> 
> Later, Seeker
> 

I was using totem-gstreamer and the changing gstreamer-properties didn't
make any difference. I was advised in the #debian-women irc channel to
use totem-xine as gstreamer was a resource hog. I tried totem-xine and
it works perfectly now.

Thanks,
/KS