Re: [BLUG] DVD

This shouldn't happen if all applications are using ALSA. Unfortunately
some applications are still using the old OSS. For example, the flash
plugin (and maybe other plugins as well) inside firefox is one. 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.

> 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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Re: [BLUG] DVD

Quoting Steve Beckley <harthacnut@gmail.com>:

> 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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