I thought that I'd just mention another bug 1753385 (for Sound Converter) now as I didn't think that it was relevant to this bug until now. Sound Converter (which I use occasionally, mostly for converting wav files to mp3 files) stopped working on this barebones PC approx a week ago. In fact I wrote asheel script to do what I wanted it to do. So I didn't check it on my other barebones PC until just now: it works on that PC. So my hunch is that the problem is not with pulseaudio but with ffmpeg/avconv or something else. BTW everything works sound-wise on a Xenial laptop that I have.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1755144 Title: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Up until a few weeks ago there was no problem with playing sound from mp3 files. I have a pair of usb speakers. Audio plays Ok on them for video clips using Chrome (e.g. from BBC website). Using vlc 2.2.2 (from Ubuntu repos), neither a CD nor DVD (video is Ok) nor mp3 file plays audio. mp3 files play Ok using Rhythmbox. I've also tried vlc 3.0 with no success. Interestingly, the standard Videos app (Totem?) also doesn't play sound on these speakers either of an mp4 file (downloaded from YouTube, though it plays Ok on YouTube website using Chrome) or a DVD. Clemenetine plays mp3 files Ok. I first reported this as bug 1752267 as I thought that the problem was with vlc. On that bug, it was suggested that the problem is with Pulseaudio. Just now, I've tried to play sound through my monitor's built in speakers connected by hdmi (though the monitor displays Ok) with no success even though the built-in speakers play sound using pavucontrol when testing is invoked. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-116.140-generic 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: john 2410 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: john 2410 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Mar 12 11:06:46 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-08 (458 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/04/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: PYBSWCEL.86A.0043.2015.0904.1904 dmi.board.name: NUC5CPYB dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: H61145-404 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrPYBSWCEL.86A.0043.2015.0904.1904:bd09/04/2015:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnNUC5CPYB:rvrH61145-404:cvn:ct3:cvr: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1755144/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
