On 20.07.17 23:32, Steve Roylance via luv-main wrote:
> hi
> 
> from firefox 52 onwards only pulseaudio is in the compiled release
> alsa can be activated by compiling a local version of firefox with
> 
> ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
> ac_add_options --enable-alsa
> in the firefox-mozconfig file
> 
> the alsa driver will be dropped from the source at some stage

Hi Steve,

That's interesting, but I'm still catching up. Are you saying that
pulseaudio does not work, and thus is the most likely cause of no audio
on the hdmi with firefox 52.2.0 on debian 9.0.0?

And if pulseaudio is the problem, then why is it that the alsa driver
will be dropped?

I'd thought that I'd just missed some install/config step. It beggars
belief that debian 9.0.0 would be released with a firefox from the silent
movies era - and still not be fixed. =8-O

Clicking on "Sound & Video" -> "PulseAudio Volume Control" shows
"Firefox AudioStream" to be at 46% (-20.25 db). Holy smokes! that's 3/5
of BA. I cranked it up to 100%, which is still only 0 dB, but still
no sound. The VU-meter bar under that control is flapping about
vigorously, so there's audio coming from firefox - it's just stuck in
there.

The "Output Devices" tab provides two options at "Port":
Speakers
Headphones (unplugged)

That's hopefully just a distraction, because hdmi is only hdmi when it
has audio.

It's late. MaƱana.

Erik
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