Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 49.0 & Youtube....Video: Yes - Audio: No...

Jigme Datse Yli-RAsku <jigme.datse@×××××××××××××××.com> [16-10-16 09:12]:
> With Pulseaudio the best way (I have found) for controling the volume, is through the pulse audio volume controls.
>
> It works well for me.  Though they are somewhat of a pain (though not sure if that's because I simply don't know the "easier" way to handle them.
>
> I also tend to like to handle volume control through external speaker controls if practical.
>
> Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku
>
> On 2016-10-15 23:48, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > Miroslav Rovis <miro.rovis@××××××××××××××.hr> [16-10-16 07:00]:
> > > On 161015-20:27+0200, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> this evening I updated GENTOO and a new firefox was installed.
> > >> This one seem completly to disable flash video finally...
> > >> since I got no video/audio at all.
> > >>
> > >> I disabled all flash-related addons of my firefox and
> > >> restarted  it.
> > >>
> > >> Now I got a video ... but without any audio.
> > >> (I am running jackd by the way).
> > >> I check with qjackctl whether there were any
> > >> ports which I missed to connect...nothing.
> > >
> > > If jackd is to do with alsa, then it could be the following.
> > >
> > > Mozilla went pulse all the way:
> > >  Require PulseAudio on Linux
> > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247056
> > > See also:
> > > Firefox nightly requires Pulse Audio
> > > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=130028
> > >
> > >> Hmmm...
> > >>
> > >> Is there any fix for that?
> > > Not familiar with jackd. But as far as alsa (which I stick to, like
> > > other discontented users), I don't have sound since months ago.  The
> > > only way to get it would be to compile alsa myself, I'm afraid.
> > >
> > > Regards!
> > > --
> > > Miroslav Rovis
> > > Zagreb, Croatia
> > > http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr
> >
> > Hi Miroslav,
> >
> > THANKS A LOT ! :)
> >
> > ...got it working...somehow...
> >
> > I installed pulseaudio and used pactl to set the default sink
> > and source to the one soundcard (onboard), which is connected
> > to my loudspeakers.
> >
> > Drawback: Setting the volume seems only to be tweakable via
> > the volume slider of the HTML5 player in Firefox...and my alsa
> > volume "app" of my taskbar doesn't work anymore.
> >
> > Hopefully the rest of my sound stuff still works....
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Meino
> >
>
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Hi Jigme,

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP! :)

Installing pulseaudio disables smplayer (no audio) -- I switched
to Kaffeine, which seems to work.

Now ZynAddSubFX (Softsynth) does not show up with QJackCTL.
Starting Zyn with -a gives me the audio of the Synth back...
but with BIG distortions (I mailed to the Zyn mailing list for that).

Setting the volume via pactl is a pain - and reaching the volume
knobs of my speakers (behind my monitor...) are also a pain.

Why oh why seems audio and Linux a problem in so many situations? ;)

I will search further...and if I will find anything useful I post it
here...

Cheers,
Meino