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From: Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Closing TAB of Firefix stops Video/Audio playback system wide...
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:18:43
Message-Id: 5A94335A.8000208@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Closing TAB of Firefix stops Video/Audio playback system wide... by R0b0t1
1 On 26/02/18 06:33, R0b0t1 wrote:
2 > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 12:13 AM, R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 10:07 PM, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
4 >>> Hi,
5 >>>
6 >>> whenever I close a TAB of Firefox the playback of video or/and audio
7 >>> ist stopped for seconds. After that it starts, where it has stopped
8 >>> before.
9 >>>
10 >>> I am using Firefox with alsa (compiled locally via emerge).
11 >>>
12 >
13 > Sorry, my brain was off. But - doesn't Firefox use pulseaudio by
14 > default, with no option for ALSA?
15 >
16 > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345661
17 > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247056
18 >
19 Not on gentoo, I believe. I've never got round to configuring
20 PulseAudio, which means I believe it is not installed, but Firefox sound
21 works fine.
22
23 Yes I think stock Firefox assumes you have PulseAudio, but the gentoo
24 version doesn't.
25
26 Cheers,
27 Wol

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