> Try to install 'alsa-oss' and use
>
> aoss firefox
>
> to see if that helps or not. You can prefix 'aoss program' for any
> programs that are still using OSS.
>
Thanks. That worked. I think things will go a lot smoother now.
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aoss firefox
to see if that helps or not. You can prefix 'aoss program' for any
programs that are still using OSS.
> I find that different applications often compete for the audio resources
> and sometimes hang onto them when they shouldn't, or cause trouble for
> each other. I've had this problem particularly with firefox/iceweasel.
> I switch a lot between listening to the radio on realplayer and watching
> videos with firefox/iceweasel and come across this a lot. If you kill
> all instances of firefox/iceweasel then audio comes back.
>
> One time I had closed all instances of firefox after viewing some
> videos, but was still viewing a file with acroread, which had been
> called by firefox. I couldn't figure out why there was no audio, but
> killed the acroread and could get audio again.
>
> I've also found that firefox/iceweasel freezes from time to time when
> issues like this are occurring.
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> Nevermind. I just restarted my computer and the sound magically worked.
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Steve Beckley <harthacnut@gmail.com> wrote:
I regularly use mplayer to watch DVDs on my debian laptop.
It almost always works well although there are a few quirks I come
across in my installation of it.
For example, if you use full screen and the video stays the same size
with the rest of the screen black, then you can call it from the
command line with the option -zoom.
Also, sometimes it starts playing the wrong audio track. In my
installation you can cycle through audio tracks while the DVD's playing
by pressing shift-#.
I find that different applications often compete for the audio
resources and sometimes hang onto them when they shouldn't, or cause
trouble for each other. I've had this problem particularly with
firefox/iceweasel. I switch a lot between listening to the radio on
realplayer and watching videos with firefox/iceweasel and come across
this a lot. If you kill all instances of firefox/iceweasel then audio
comes back.
One time I had closed all instances of firefox after viewing some
videos, but was still viewing a file with acroread, which had been
called by firefox. I couldn't figure out why there was no audio, but
killed the acroread and could get audio again.
I've also found that firefox/iceweasel freezes from time to time when
issues like this are occurring.
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Is 'libdvdcss2' installed?
Steve Beckley wrote:
gxine freezes when you click play, and mplayer doesn't work.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Steve Beckley <harthacnut@gmail.com <mailto:harthacnut@gmail.com>> wrote:
I had no luck with any of those.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Shing-Shong Shei<shei@cs.indiana.edu <mailto:shei@cs.indiana.edu>> wrote:
We have pretty good success using mplayer/gmplayer or
xine/gxine. Both
are pretty good. --Bruce
> I recently bought a Dell with Ubuntu on it, and I tried to watch a
> DVD, only to find that no matter what player or DVD I tried, I
> couldn't get any sound. The sound from other sources
(internet, mp3s,
> etc.) worked. The default DVD program is LinDVD.
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gxine freezes when you click play, and mplayer doesn't work.On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Steve Beckley <harthacnut@gmail.com> wrote:
I had no luck with any of those.On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Shing-Shong Shei <shei@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
We have pretty good success using mplayer/gmplayer or xine/gxine. Both
are pretty good. --Bruce
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> I recently bought a Dell with Ubuntu on it, and I tried to watch a
> DVD, only to find that no matter what player or DVD I tried, I
> couldn't get any sound. The sound from other sources (internet, mp3s,
> etc.) worked. The default DVD program is LinDVD.
>
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Steve Beckley wrote:
> gxine freezes when you click play, and mplayer doesn't work.
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Steve Beckley <harthacnut@gmail.com
> <mailto:harthacnut@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I had no luck with any of those.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Shing-Shong Shei
> <shei@cs.indiana.edu <mailto:shei@cs.indiana.edu>> wrote:
>
> We have pretty good success using mplayer/gmplayer or
> xine/gxine. Both
> are pretty good. --Bruce
>
> > I recently bought a Dell with Ubuntu on it, and I tried to watch a
> > DVD, only to find that no matter what player or DVD I tried, I
> > couldn't get any sound. The sound from other sources
> (internet, mp3s,
> > etc.) worked. The default DVD program is LinDVD.
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