Disappearing Sound

[Wade Smart]

NoOp wrote:
> On 09/30/2008 02:58 PM, Wade Smart wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
> 
>>> BTW - my audio:
>>> $ lspci |grep audio
>>> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER
>>> (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
>>>
>>> and my sound works fine. I have my device set for Intel ICH5 (Alsa
>>> mixer). And my Sound Preference (System|Preferences|Sounds):
>>> Sound Events: Autodetect
>>> Music and Movies: Autodetect
>>> Audio Conferencing: Playback=Audodetect & Capture=ALAS - Advanced...
>>> Default Mixer Tracks: Intel ICH5 (Alsa mixer)
> 
>> 20080930 1655 GMT-6
>>
>> wadesmart at wadesmart:~$ cat /etc/group |grep audio
>> audio:x:29:pulse,wadesmart
>>
>> Under Preferences > Sounds I have the same as you except for
>> Default Mixer: Intel 82801DB-ICH4(alsa mixer).
>>
>>
> 
> Is there any particular application that you use where it is repeatable
> every time? You might try going through each of your apps that use sound
> (rhythmbox for instance) and see if you can get a repeater. The
> application may not be the actual problem, but it may lead you to
> something that the app uses that is the problem. I assume that after the
> sound dies you've tried alsamixer from the terminal to see if anything
> got muted (pcm etc).
> 
> 
> 
20080930 1852 GMT-6

I have not noticed it with other apps but, where I do notice it is when 
using flash or mplayer of vlc when Im watching movies. I do not know 
after watching a video if I have lost sound until I play the next one. 
That is why its frustrating. I mostly notice it when Im playing flash 
videos.

Wade