No You Tube sound or audio with Iceweasel version 3.5.16

edhe1 · 09-04-2011, 09:23 AM

I am using linux debian squeeze. I can't get audio or video on Iceweasel (which is like Firefox 3.5.16) but I can get audio and video on my laptop which uses Firefox version 3.6.21.

jdkaye · 09-04-2011, 09:53 AM

1. does your audio and video work in general? I mean, is the problem limited to Iceweasel (which I use myself). Which websites don't work for audio and video? all? some? a few?
2. If you go into Tools-->Addons, in IW do you see Shockwave Flash listed in the Plugin? If yes, which version.
ciao,
jdk

Stromie · 09-22-2011, 06:48 PM

I also have a problem with Iceweasel audio & video -- both are broken and choppy; sometimes neither works. I run Windows XP on a parallel drive and it works reasonably well, so the problem is Iceweasel, not Firefox. I would appreciate a "fix" because I want to switch over to Linux, but cannot as long as I can't view/hear lectures on YouTube.

62chevy · 09-22-2011, 08:12 PM

Sound works just fine on my computer with Iceweasel 3.5.16 and Firefox 6.0.2 on Squeeze. If you give a little more information like does sound work at all, what have you done to get sound working someone might be able to give you better advice.

widget · 09-22-2011, 08:16 PM

A, there is nothing stopping you from using FF instead of IW.

B, if version 2.6 FF is working so should IW 2.6.

C, I use IW 5.0 on Debian Testing and have no trouble with YouTube or any other video.

D, I use IW 6 on Debian Sid and have no trouble.

E, I used IW 3 on Debian Stable and had no trouble (use 5 now because I like it better in other ways

F, I do not think you have the right codex installed

What kind of flash support have you installed?

Stromie · 09-23-2011, 10:51 AM

My apologies for lack of information. I am a newbie with Linux, and do not know how to determine which codices are installed. I am receiving some sound, some video, on some sites, and broken sound and video on other sites. I will search this site for information on how to determine type of codices installed, & then reply back. Thanks your answers. Stromie.

62chevy · 09-23-2011, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stromie

My apologies for lack of information. I am a newbie with Linux, and do not know how to determine which codices are installed. I am receiving some sound, some video, on some sites, and broken sound and video on other sites. I will search this site for information on how to determine type of codices installed, & then reply back. Thanks your answers. Stromie.

You may want to ad debian-multimedia to your /ect/apt/sources.list then update ad the keyring then install flashplugin-nonfree.

widget · 09-23-2011, 06:28 PM

That would be a great start.

Mine looks like this;

Code:

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sqeeze main non-free

You may want to look at this thread;
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...e-list-330913/
Start on the last page and work back. Old thread and I doubt you are using Sarge which is the first version besides Sid (always Debian unstable) to be mentioned and posted in 05. The last few pages are actually modern and may give you some ideas.

You already have the debian main repo in your sources.list. It should look something like;

Code:

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

Note the "contrib non-free". This is probably not in your sources.list. Put them there while you ae at it.

To add to your sources.list you will need to open a terminal and, as root;

Code:

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

This will open the text editor "gedit" with root permissions so that you can change it.

All my sources.lists (have several installs) have this in them that you could cut and paste as you may find it handy;

Code:

### Public Key

### apt-get install debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring
### apt-key update

### Or

### If you get errors about missing keys, run these commands (replace KEY with key number)

### gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
### gpg --export --armor KEY | apt-key add -

in the case of Debian Multimedia you will need the second option.

You can put that in any file you want. If putting it in sources.list use it as I have it there. The "#" indicate to your package manager that the line is a comment and to be ignored by it (you really only need 1 not 3 like I have here).

Run;

Code:

apt-get update

after saving the file with the new repo(s) that you add so that your box knows what is going on.

In addition to the package recommended by 62chevy, I would install "firmware-linux".

I do not know how you install packages but I prefer apt-get or aptitude. Apt-get is a little simpler, aptitude has a lot more options particularly for tricky installs. The CLI is your friend.

Synaptic is alright if you have the preferences set right. In this case I would simply, as root;

Code:

apt-get install firmware-linux flashplugin-nonfree

I would also run;

Code:

apt-get upgrade

as there may be some other packages that want to be installed now that you have changed the sources.list.

edhe1 · 09-24-2011, 09:13 AM

I found that in order to get audio and sound on You Tube I must:

1. sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop

2. sudo alsa force-reload

3. sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start

widget · 09-24-2011, 12:29 PM

I think that I would try;

Code:

apt-get install --reinstall alsa-utils

May or may not help but would not take long to try.

Stromie · 09-24-2011, 01:54 PM

Thank you for all your suggestions -- I am too much a Newbie to understand most of them. 1st stop Monday is the library to get a book on Linux.

I downloaded a current mplayer and can now listen to lectures just fine -- better than on Windows. Some other new files were downloaded as part of an automatic upgrade (went by too fast for me to write them down) but the mplayer helped the most.

widget · 09-25-2011, 12:02 PM

Here are some links that may, or may not, be of some help. Hope they are good for entertainment at least.
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm

http://www.unixguide.net/linux/linuxshortcuts.shtml

http://www.linuxnewbieguide.org/cont...r-1-what-linux

http://www.freeos.com/articles/3102/

cryingthug · 10-02-2011, 08:48 PM

Stromie and edhe1,

This is the easiest thing to do. Check out the site www.howtoforge.com They have tutorials on how to set up the perfect desktop.

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfec...debian-squeeze

Make sure you have the correct URLs in /etc/apt/sources.list
Then follow the tutorial to install the correct multimedia codecs.
Go to System > Preferences > Sound to make sure the volume is turned up.
Come back to the forum with more questions if you have any.
I got off of XP a long while ago and I am really glad that I did.

Reading a lot is also good.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stromie

Thank you for all your suggestions -- I am too much a Newbie to understand most of them. 1st stop Monday is the library to get a book on Linux.

I downloaded a current mplayer and can now listen to lectures just fine -- better than on Windows. Some other new files were downloaded as part of an automatic upgrade (went by too fast for me to write them down) but the mplayer helped the most.

lugoteehalt · 10-03-2011, 10:48 PM

Simplest thing is just to download the newest version of Firefox from their site. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/ .

Just follow their instructions, there is no need to compile it.

If flash still does not work then obviously get back.