Bug 466851

Launch totem from the command-line, you'll see that the error comes from pulseaudio itself.

Sounds like no audio device could be configured.

Which driver do you use?

Does "pavucontrol" show any output devices?

Hello,

In the mean time, it works - after the latest online updates.

The device is HDA Intel - STAC92xx Analog (on a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop):
http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_9d69eb22-c7a0-44ea-9e54-a49aa186b94c

Regards,
Răzvan

Thanks forthe update. Closing this bug then.

Sorry, I was too optimistic about that - reopening bug.

I get the same error in SOME applications - for example, I cannot play CDs in rhytmbox or in sound juicer, while it works OK in gnome-mplayer.



Regards,
Razvan

Still sounds something is blocking your audio device when PA tries to open it. Does "pavucontrol" show any audio device for you?

Hello,

Yes - as I said, it shows HDA Intel - STAC92xx Analog. I'm running on a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop.

The audio device used to work with no problem since Fedora 8 - no special drivers required, just the software from the Fedora official DVD.

Thanks,
Răzvan

Can you please open pavucontrol, make sure the device exists and the try to reproduce the issue in Totem? 

I am pretty sure that some other app is simply blocking acecss to the audio device which will then result in the error message you encountered because PA has not audio device to output data to.

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pavucontrol - tab 1

Here are a few screenshots that shows how the various multimedia applications behave.

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pavucontrol - tab2

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pavucontrol - tab 3

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pavucontrol - tab 4

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An audio CD is just inserted...

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Rythmbox doesn't play

In rythmbox, selecting a CD track and pressing Play leads to no result (nothing happens).

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VLC plays at very low volume

VLC plays normally, but the sound volume is quite low (despite the fact that all other controls, both hardware and software, are set to maximum).

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Totem's option to play CDs is deactivated

Totem menu options for playing CDs is deactivated; it seems some plugin is needed, but none offered/found.

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Sound Juicer says invalid stream

Trying to play the CD with the Play option in Sound Juicer leads to the error in the image.

Please suggest other test to perform and I'll be pleased to experiment with them.

Thanks a lot,
Răzvan

Ripping a CD with SoundJuicer now produces .oga files instead of .ogg files.

Some players - for example XMMS - don't seem to know to open them. 

However, players that do know play .ogg files at normal volume level.


Răzvan

You can change the volume of each playback stream (like the one from VLC) in pavucontrol. 

.oga is the standardized name for OGG audio files. Many older programs called that .ogg before.

Hmm, if you type "pacat /dev/urandom" in a terminal. Do you hear any noise?

Hello,

Even if sliders in pavucontrol are set to maximum (please see comment #11 above), volume is very low. Since this is a laptop, there are no cables to check...  ;-)

Of course, I know .ogg -> .ogg is just an extension change. But this simple change seems to confuse some players, according to my tests. Please try to open/play an .oga file by double-clicking it, when it is associated with various players installed on a Fedora system... The situation is similar on a Windows system.

Typing "pacat /dev/urandom" leads to:


[root@mazarin ~]# pacat /dev/urandom
Stream error: Invalid argument
[root@mazarin ~]# 


Regards,
Răzvan

For another example why renaming .ogg files to .oga still induces collateral problems (even if technically correct), please see bug #468464.

Răzvan

Hello,


Multimedia-related problems were present on my Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop since I've upgraded from Fedora 9 to rawhide (with daily updates) - as seen in comments above. IMHO, this is a regression.

For the moment, the most a annoying fact is that volume is very low, even if both hardware & software controls are set to maximum.

Could you please suggest a systematic way to double check all settings ?

This is the actual hardware profile of the laptop (smolt):

http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_9d69eb22-c7a0-44ea-9e54-a49aa186b94c


Thanks a lot,
Răzvan

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 10 development cycle.
Changing version to '10'.

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Is this issue still current? Have you played around with "alsamixer -c0" to get the mixer initialized correctly?

Hello and thanks, 

Yes, this still happens. Sound is *very* low in *some* cases, especially on YouTube, despite the fact both software and hardware controls are set to maximum.

I didn't played with  "alsamixer -c0"; I'll do this today and let you know ASAP.

Regards,
Răzvan

Hmm, I am pretty sure this is just another mixer initialization issue. Reassigning to alsa-libs, since it is now ALSA's job to come up with good default volumes.

Also, attach output from 'alsa-info.sh --no-upload'.

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