Flash Audio Issues - SOLVED (sort of)

[Tim Cook]

Hi Mike,
Thanks for the reply.

On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 10:40 -0500, Mike Holstein wrote:

> did your microphone work in 10.04 ?

Yes.  It also worked after the initial upgrade.  It was sometime during
updates that it quit. 

>  i usually suggest trying live cd's before installing, especially when
> leaving an LTS release, but maybe there is something you need in
> 10.10 , and it totally *should work* in 10.10. have you looked at
> alsamixer? maybe the microphone is just turned all the way down?.. 

Yes.  It is okay there.

> the other issues sound like flash issues to me (you are running 64bit
> right?)... are you up to date with system updates? 
Yes.

> i am running a 64bit 10.04 install on my studio box, but i dont use
> flash. i would say if i needed a professional production box and *had*
> to use flash apps, i would run a 32bit install of 10.04... im not
> suggesting you need to wipe the box and go back, but i think it would
> be worth looking at a live CD (32bit 10.04) and trying to get the
> flash app your having trouble with running, and check the mic...

Well, I do not have to have a professional production studio box.  It is
just a hobby run-amok :-)

But your reply did make me think of something that I haven't tried.  I
have WinXP in a VirtualBox on this machine.  The flash apps work fine
from inside there.  So, it is a workaround.  But it would be interesting
to discover what broke.

Cheers,
Tim

 
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