[ubuntu-studio-users] No sound during video playback

[Mike Holstein]

On Friday, September 19, 2014, David King <linuxman at avoura.com> wrote:

>  As I wrote 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.
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> The default video player in Ubuntu Studio (just called Videos) is not
> playing any sound, and that is not from a PPA.
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> Does anyone else have this problem or any idea on how to resolve it?
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> How is it as another user? or in vlc?
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> David King
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> On 15/09/14 16:03, Mike Holstein wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 5:43 AM, David King <linuxman at avoura.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','linuxman at avoura.com');>> wrote:
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>>  I am having a problem with getting sound from videos. It used to work
>> just fine, no problem, regardless of video format/codecs.
>>
>> But since the last few days, when I play a video in the default video
>> player in Ubuntu Studio 14.04 there is no sound. Same goes for using VLC
>> and Xine. However, if I play it in UMPlayer, the sound works. Sound in
>> other applications, e.g. playing a video in Firefox, works perfectly, or
>> playing music in Rhythmbox, so I know my sound system is functioning. But
>> no more sound in some video playback, so what could cause that and how
>> would I fix that?
>>
>> I am wondering if a recent update might have caused this.
>>
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>  are you using any PPAs? if its just one isolated player that is not
> playing the files, i would either remove/rename the config file for the
> application in my users /home, or test playing a file with the application
> as another user or the guest user. this will tell you if its a problem with
> the actual application, or the config file for the application in your
> users /home.
>
>  if you find you have a bug, you can use
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
>
>  what i like to do is lay out the *exact* circumstances for the issue, as
> well as, in your case, sharing a common file that is not playing for you so
> that another user, such as myself, can test and try and replicate the
> issue. keep in mind, if you are using PPA's, make sure the files that are
> being used are ubuntu files/applications and not files from the PPA's.. if
> you use PPA's, you will report issues/bugs with those files/applications
> provided by the PPA's with the PPA maintainers..
>
>  good luck and let us know what you figure out..
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>> David King
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MH

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