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Old 02-26-2012, 04:33 PM   #1
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Sound problems in F16


Greetings. I have sound through my system finally when playing a CD. However, there is no sound for internet video or You Tube. I also have no sound when I play a DVD. Again, there is video but no sound. I use Firefox with F16. Thanks for your help..
 
Old 02-27-2012, 03:06 PM   #2
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It sounds (to me) like you've not installed (or, perhaps, just not checked) the settings of the pulse audio mixer. (Or ALISA mixer if you're using ALISA on top of pulse.) IIRC, the mixer(s) default to a "zero" volume setting, and that sounds like what you're hearing.

The CD audio is often handled by hardware, bypassing your OS.
 
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sound problems in F16

Hello. I went into alsamixer and went through all the controls to toggle between mute and sound. I downloaded a different video player. The video is perfect; the audio is null. What do I attempt next? Thanks.
 
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what music codecs did you install?
fedora ONLY ships with the FREE and NON-patent-encumbered codec's
things like mp3 are NOT free and so are NOT included in fedora , and never will be


on the fedora forum IN YELLOW text in the TOP middle of the page
- hard to miss--
"Fedora Set-Up Guides"
http://www.fedoraforum.org/
Dangermouse's Autopluse script

Or you might want to see Mjmwireds page
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f16.html
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...a-f16.html#mp3
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...l#mediaplayers


I have never had problems using the firefox "gecko-mediaplayer" plugin

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Old 02-28-2012, 03:42 PM   #5
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Thanks for your help. I did manage to follow the instructions and get my external DVD player to actually play audio with the DVD. Now, how do I get audio to work inside Firefox browser? Can you assist me, please? Thanks. RAJ
 
Old 02-28-2012, 07:45 PM   #6
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this is fedora so Firefox will default to the fedora default totam-plugin
did you install the good,bad,and ugly gstreamer programs
and take a look in
Code:
about:plugins
in firefox or the NEW handy-dandy gui under tools/add-ons
and see what is being used
 
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It's a no go; I am really baffled with this issue. I have followed your instructions and played around with Firefox plugins and researched forums and the support pages. Still I have not resoved this issue of not being able to hear video that within the internet. Audio plays fine with DVDs and CDs, but nothing on the internet in Yahoo or ESPN or any other site. What do you suggest, now? Thanks
 
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ok is this the DEFAULT install of firefox? ( ? i think it is 7 )
or did you manually install 10.02
or
use the remi repo
if manually how did you take care of the plugins

i DO RECOMMEND using the "autopluse" program from DangerMouse
Dangermouse wrote it FOR new to linux ( and fedora) users

Also is this a 32 bit install or 64 bit install ?
if a 64 bit fedora 16
is this a 32 bit or 64 bit friefox ?
 
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I checked the Firefox version to find it is 10.01 version. Thanks, and I am working on your other suggestion/comments. RAJ
 
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Sorry, it is 32-bit on both. RAJ
 
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This may be a little late, but . . .

I don't use sound much, so I just noticed that my F16 sound was not working. Here's how I fixed it (after some poking around):
  1. I checked that the hardware was working by booting the Win 7 that came (for "free") with the box. Worked fine.
  2. Made sure that I had the ALISA mixer installed.
  3. Opened the mixer from the "Multimedia" sub-menu (I use KDE, not GNOME, but the app is called "Mixer" so it should be easy to find.)
  4. Opened the playback tab(s) and activated the "Master" control.
  5. Turned off the default "mute" setting.
Note that the Master tab was NOT muted, but that playback in the Playback tab WAS muted.

Moral: The Mixer has too many controls. Make sure to check all of them.
 
  


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