YouTube PulseAudio problem

thort · 02-12-2018, 05:55 AM

Hi!

I'm running Firefox on the latest version of Linux Mint. All of a sudden I have no sound when watching Youtube. I get this error message in Firefox: "To play audio, you may need to install the required PulseAudio software."

Here is a screenshot from my Firefox:

http://thort.se/storage/forum/linux-...io_problem.png

Can someone please help me find a solution.

BW-userx · 02-12-2018, 07:05 AM

newer FF does not support alsa, got a be PulseAudio. out there somewhere in git land someone has put a stop to that but you got to run their script, and then maintain a separate update of FF. I'd suspect, because if you let your repo update FF it will over write any changes you've made to it.

ALSA support is dropped from Firefox 52 onward.

(I've seen a post in here on that alsa script for FF in here, but do not ask me where it'd be now)

what version is you FF btw?

edit: this MIGHT be it
PulseAudio emulation for ALSA
https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse

if PulseAudio is in fact installed, well then, Huston we have a problem...
But I'd rather know what version FF you are running so me and others can know how to proceed in this matter.

thort · 02-12-2018, 07:29 AM

Thanks BW-userx for your reply!

I run Firefox 58.0.2. The latest version.

I have PulseAudio Volume Control installed on my system. When I try to open it I get a long error message. It's to long to write down here but here is a screenshot:

http://thort.se/storage/forum/linux-...trol_error.png

Could it be something have happened to my PulseAudio installation? I did have sound when playing Youtube clips in Firefox before.

thort · 02-12-2018, 01:28 PM

I searched for my problem and this site turned up. It's a guide on how to reinstall pulseaudio.

I followed all the steps suggested. And it worked! Now my sound is back when playing videos on Youtube in Firefox. Very good!

Here is the steps in the Terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio
sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoremove

Reboot the computer.

Code:

rm -r ~/.pulse ~/.asound* ~/.pulse-cookie ~/.config/pulse
sudo apt-get install pulseaudio
sudo alsa force-reload
pavucontrol

BW-userx · 02-12-2018, 01:43 PM

the Ole' reinstall force it to reconfigure itself trick. Now you're cooking with oil.