On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 2:34 PM, David King <linux...@avoura.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your replies, sorry for not being more helpful so far. > > I tried logging in as guest from a fresh boot, but guest user could not > access any of the drives with videos in, nor could I mount them as sudo was > not allowed. > move said file to a location where the guest user *can* access the files.. or, make another user, a test user.. > > Then I logged out and back in as my normal user account, and tried opening > a video with Totem (the default video player) and it worked perfectly, with > video and sound. I also tried with VLC and it worked. I also opened > Rhythmbox and it played audio files okay. > > So for no apparent reason it seems to have fixed itself without me > actually doing anything other than logging in as guest before logging into > my user account. > > It could just be an intermittent problem of course. > > > > David > > > > > On 19/09/14 17:09, Mike Holstein wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:04 AM, David King <linux...@avoura.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Things are getting worse... >> >> Now I cannot play a video at all except in VLC, and it still has no >> sound. In other players, it shows it as playing but the progress slider >> remains in one place. No clicking of play again does anything. >> >> > how about as another user? the guest user, for example.. > > >> Also, now in Firefox, videos have no sound -- although they did this >> morning, and I have not rebooted or logged out or anything like that. >> >> I have tried playing audio files in Rhythmbox, but they will not play >> either, no movement of progress slider and no sound output. The same goes >> for Audacity, which I need for editing audio files. >> >> According to sound settings that I looked at sound is enabled and working. >> >> I believe I am using Pulse Audio sound. >> > > dont "believe" anything.. are you using pulse? pulse ships with > ubuntustudio.. also, JACK ships. if you start an audio application that > requires JACK, and automatically tries to start JACK, this can cause issues > with your "normal" audio. please reboot, and dont start *anything* other > than just vlc, and test audio/video.. also, try as another user to, as i > stated a few times, remove your users config from the equation.. > > >> >> >> >> David >> >> >> >> On 19/09/14 12:00, Alexander Panov wrote: >> >> Please check which sound server these programs use. It is written in a >> settings of every program. >> >> Then check sound server itself, or with GUI instruments or from console. >> >> Third is to check processes on your computer, may be someone else process >> steal output of your sound server. >> >> You have ALSA or OSS on the back, in front you will have Pulse or Jack... >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/sound_system >> >> And give us feedback hire! >> >> On 19.9.2014 г. 12:44 ч., David King wrote: >> >> e earlier, the loss of sound is in all video playback programs, except >> for one (UM Player), although it works when playing videos from websites >> in Firefox. >> >> The default video player in Ubuntu Studio (just called Videos) is not >> playing any sound, and that is not from a PPA. >> >> >> Does anyone else have this problem or any idea on how to resolve it? >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-studio-users mailing list >> ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> >> > > > -- > MH > > likethecow.com > > > > > -- > ubuntu-studio-users mailing list > ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > -- MH likethecow.com
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