On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Chris<chris1.noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> As for myself, I have yet to get sound working on F11, although I >> haven't put too much effort into it, yet. > > I would recommend that first you try disabling, but not un-installing > pulseaudio (see my earlier post in this thread on how to do this). > Also, don't try the same audio app over and over when you are testing. > Different apps work differently. I would suggest you try each of the > following: > > 1. A media player which uses phonon - e.g. amarok. (In this case there > are a couple of issues, phonon on linux has two backends - gstreamer > and xine.) On my home PC I have problems with the xine backend - "yum > remove phonon-backend-xine" fixes things for me. Also, make sure > you've got all the gstreamer plugins installed. That involves > installing rpmfusion, doing "yum search gstreamer-plugins", and > installing at least the "good", "bad" and "ugly" rpms. > 2. A media player which has built-in decoders - e.g. vlc. When I say > built-in, it relies on ffmpeg for its decoding AFAIK. > 3. The flash plugin within firefox - I don't know what backend it uses > but I've found it often works when nothing else does! > > I'd suggest you try each of those with and without pulseaudio and it > might give you some clues as to where the problem is. PITA I know but > I've been through it all! :) > > HTH, Chris. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > Thanks for the tips, Chris, I will give them a try next chance I get. Since my F11 box is miles away at the moment it may be a couple days before that happens... Although being methodical can be painful its usually worth it. Cheers, Mike -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
