i have killed 2 full days and my time is precious now for various reasons; i do not want to tell u my problem and have u suggest answer - i want you online realtime with me on instant messaging till the problem is solved; i am currently in riyadh, ksa gmt +3 ; i am running f17, kde, nvidia gt430 graphics card with hdmi, and pulseaudio is installed so i have skype support and skype works full audio and video; i only have video and audio when playing a local file on my HD if i do the following mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=2.9 file.ext if i hit test on the hdmi device in kde i get nothing the main problem is no audio with online video eg youtube i have been on linux since fedora 4, and we use it professionally but none of my techs have experience with linux as a desktop platform only as a telco server i am wasted, tired, defeated, enervated, and unhappy pls kindly consent to an hourly rate with a 30 minute minimum and pls kindly advise when u would be free online thx and cheers al