On 8/20/06, fredex <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi gang!
I'm hoping for some advice here,...
I've been having this problem for a while and have come to the point where
I need someone else's guidance/suggestions/help...
I'm running a Cenotos-4 system. It was originally a TAO Linux-1 system,
that was upgraded to Tao-4, and subsequently switched (via yum, using the
procedure created by the Tao maintainer with--I assume--assitance from the
Centos maintainers) to Centos-4.
I have seen this issue with some sound-cards.. what is the sound card
you are using, what are the options that are in /etc/modprobe.conf,
and what is your other hardware (memory, cpu, chipset.)
There are 3 reasons I have found for sound changes:
1) Chipset issues that can be corrected with a bios update (if the
sound is embedded). The newer kernel driver expects certain access to
the hardware and the BIOS needs a kick.
2) Chipset issues that need an updated kernel module. ALSA changes are
a major issue. I had to keep getting dkms modules for my sound card
for a while because the newer ALSA covered the card but the kernel
didnt.
3) Flash is optimized for Flash-9 and doesnt sound good in Flash-7
Ever since the upgrade from tao-1 to tao-4, Flash audio is horribly
distorted.
I've reinstalled the flash-7 plugin more than once, most recently today.
Today I also went through the entire system making sure there is only
a single copy of the files flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so, and
that they are the newest ones from today.
What brings it to a head today is that my local NPR station appears to have
switched to providing their audio stream as flash. At least I am no longer
offered any choice (it used to allow us to choose windows media, real, or
quicktime, all of which worked with mplayer), flash being what I get.
I'm open to suggestions. Thanks in advance!
Fred
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While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
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