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Old 12-22-2009, 11:59 PM   #1
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Unhappy Sound Issues with media players in Slackware


I am having sound issues with all the media players that Slackware comes bundled with, but the Internet sounds and Flash Videos work fine. Whenever I try to play a song in any of the media players, it skips constantly. How can I fix this problem?
 
Old 12-23-2009, 02:11 AM   #2
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what are the media players you had tried ?? have you tried VLC , mplayer, smplayer ??
 
Old 12-23-2009, 02:21 AM   #3
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hhmmm, have you tried enabling the option "use software mixer" or "software mixer". might be worth a try.
 
Old 12-23-2009, 08:19 AM   #4
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Wink I have tried smplayer, xmms, audacious, and Amarok

I have tried all of the media players that I mentioned in the title, and I still get the same playback issues. The software volume control is enabled in smplayer, and I still get the sound issues. How can I fix this? Thank you for your time.
 
Old 12-23-2009, 10:30 AM   #5
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If you are in KDE, I would try disabling the KDE sound server (can't remember what its called, don't use KDE) It should be in the KDE Control Centre under Sound.

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Old 12-23-2009, 12:36 PM   #6
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That may be for Kde 3.5

I am using KDE 4, it only has a multimedia section. How can I fix it from there?
 
Old 12-23-2009, 11:02 PM   #7
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Talking I have tried setting the sound using alsaconf

I have tried setting the sound using alsaconf and then using alsamixer to set the volumes, and I still get the sound issues. It works fine with games, flash videos, and smplayer, but not in Amarok, xmms, and Audacious. I have the audio backend set to Xine. Should I upgrade my KDE version to latest one? That has worked with other bugs, I believe.
 
Old 12-23-2009, 11:13 PM   #8
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just for a test, open a terminal and type

play sound.mp3 (or whatever)

and let us know if it skips.

Also I would have you tried changing from KDE to say XFCE just to test and see if it is in fact KDE thats causing the problem? That's what I would try next.
 
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Old 12-23-2009, 11:33 PM   #9
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just for a test, open a terminal and type

play sound.mp3 (or whatever)
It had never crossed my mind that I could play music from the command line. That's just awesome!
 
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Old 12-24-2009, 01:48 AM   #10
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I tried playing it through the command line.

I tried your suggestion, and it still skipped. I will try switching to xfce to see if that fixes the problem. Thanks for the help!
 
Old 12-24-2009, 01:56 AM   #11
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Kfce

I tried switching to that one, but it still didn't work. What can I do to fix this? Thank you for your time.
 
Old 12-24-2009, 02:14 AM   #12
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what is your soundcard and also give us the output of

lsmod
 
Old 12-24-2009, 03:00 AM   #13
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My soundcard is a Soundblaster live! 24 bit card

lsmod
Module Size Used by
sg 24912 0
bsd_comp 5244 0
ipt_LOG 5344 3
xt_tcpudp 2620 6
iptable_filter 2268 1
ip_tables 10892 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 13280 3 ipt_LOG,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
ppp_synctty 6940 0
ppp_async 8668 1
crc_ccitt 1628 1 ppp_async
ppp_generic 22472 7 bsd_comp,ppp_synctty,ppp_async
slhc 5404 1 ppp_generic
snd_seq_dummy 2464 0
snd_seq_oss 29792 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5980 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 47984 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 37728 0
snd_mixer_oss 14300 1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6 243508 18
pcmcia 33772 0
pcmcia_core 32016 1 pcmcia
lp 9316 0
fuse 54008 3
ppdev 7200 0
nvidia 9981796 38
snd_ca0106 32864 5
snd_ac97_codec 100128 1 snd_ca0106
snd_usb_audio 80352 1
snd_usb_lib 15228 1 snd_usb_audio
ac97_bus 1372 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_rawmidi 19040 2 snd_ca0106,snd_usb_lib
snd_pcm 68128 6 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio
snd_seq_device 6088 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 19108 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 6816 1 snd_usb_audio
snd 50820 22 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_rawmidi,sn d_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
snd_page_alloc 7972 2 snd_ca0106,snd_pcm
soundcore 5824 1 snd
e100 30660 0
tulip 49344 0
gspca_zc3xx 47772 0
mii 4380 1 e100
thermal 15096 1
gspca_main 21564 1 gspca_zc3xx
processor 38600 1 thermal
rtc_cmos 10124 0
intel_agp 25628 1
dcdbas 7068 0
i2c_i801 8784 0
videodev 38688 1 gspca_main
parport_pc 24036 1
rtc_core 15992 1 rtc_cmos
thermal_sys 10756 2 thermal,processor
psmouse 41676 0
agpgart 29256 2 nvidia,intel_agp
shpchp 31888 0
v4l1_compat 13184 1 videodev
parport 30700 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
rtc_lib 2332 1 rtc_core
hwmon 2104 1 thermal_sys
serio_raw 5024 0
evdev 9152 6
button 5708 0
 
Old 12-24-2009, 03:08 AM   #14
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try increasing buffer size in audacious from 500 to 1000 and see if that makes any difference.
 
Old 12-24-2009, 12:22 PM   #15
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Re:Increasing the buffer size

I tried doing that in audacious, but the sound still skipped. What can I try next? Thanks for all of your help.
 
  


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