December 2008 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] Fedora 10 and sound

by Tim Keller

You obviously haven't used Fedora enough! It should be implied that some feature that *just worked* in a prior release will be broken in some obscure and undocumented way... -Tim. On 12/1/08, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer(a)redhat.com> wrote: > Aaron Haviland <orion(a)parsed.net> writes: > >> dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com wrote, on Nov 30, 2008 at 17:53 EST: >>> I don't have a problem with the volume. The sound just skips. I >>> added myself to the pulse-rt group which was suggested on the fedora >>> forum. As said on the forum, it improves the situation but does not >>> make it perfect. Finally I ended up changing >>> System->Preferences->Hardware->Sound from Autodetect to ESS Allegro >>> PCI Allegro (OSS). Unfortunately the gnome-mplayer doesn't use that >>> setting and ignores the preferences where you specify the audio >>> driver. Running it from the command line with -ao oss works. >> >> then maybe try specifying in ~/.mplayer/config: >> >> ao=oss > > How about just filing a bug? Call me crazy, but I don't think it's too > much to ask for the defaults to just work. > > Cheers, > Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Dec. 2, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Fedora 10 and sound

by Jeff Moyer

Aaron Haviland <orion(a)parsed.net> writes: > dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com wrote, on Nov 30, 2008 at 17:53 EST: >> I don't have a problem with the volume. The sound just skips. I >> added myself to the pulse-rt group which was suggested on the fedora >> forum. As said on the forum, it improves the situation but does not >> make it perfect. Finally I ended up changing >> System->Preferences->Hardware->Sound from Autodetect to ESS Allegro >> PCI Allegro (OSS). Unfortunately the gnome-mplayer doesn't use that >> setting and ignores the preferences where you specify the audio >> driver. Running it from the command line with -ao oss works. > > then maybe try specifying in ~/.mplayer/config: > > ao=oss How about just filing a bug? Call me crazy, but I don't think it's too much to ask for the defaults to just work. Cheers, Jeff

Dec. 1, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Fedora 10 and sound

by Aaron Haviland

dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com wrote, on Nov 30, 2008 at 17:53 EST: > I don't have a problem with the volume. The sound just skips. I > added myself to the pulse-rt group which was suggested on the fedora > forum. As said on the forum, it improves the situation but does not > make it perfect. Finally I ended up changing > System->Preferences->Hardware->Sound from Autodetect to ESS Allegro > PCI Allegro (OSS). Unfortunately the gnome-mplayer doesn't use that > setting and ignores the preferences where you specify the audio > driver. Running it from the command line with -ao oss works. then maybe try specifying in ~/.mplayer/config: ao=oss -- Aaron Haviland 34 Wayne Ave, Dudley, MA home: [508] 943 - 7974

Dec. 1, 2008