Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Closing TAB of Firefix stops Video/Audio playback system wide...
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:44:18
Message-Id: CAAD4mYiWV11OKJdm-j7aXHn77R0p_coTeN6J1g4k6xMwY=Y8Lg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Closing TAB of Firefix stops Video/Audio playback system wide... by Wols Lists
1 On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:18 AM, Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On 26/02/18 06:33, R0b0t1 wrote:
3 >> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 12:13 AM, R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >>> On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 10:07 PM, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
5 >>>> Hi,
6 >>>>
7 >>>> whenever I close a TAB of Firefox the playback of video or/and audio
8 >>>> ist stopped for seconds. After that it starts, where it has stopped
9 >>>> before.
10 >>>>
11 >>>> I am using Firefox with alsa (compiled locally via emerge).
12 >>>>
13 >>
14 >> Sorry, my brain was off. But - doesn't Firefox use pulseaudio by
15 >> default, with no option for ALSA?
16 >>
17 >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345661
18 >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247056
19 >>
20 > Not on gentoo, I believe. I've never got round to configuring
21 > PulseAudio, which means I believe it is not installed, but Firefox sound
22 > works fine.
23 >
24 > Yes I think stock Firefox assumes you have PulseAudio, but the gentoo
25 > version doesn't.
26 >
27
28 I never installed it either, but pulseaudio is currently running, with
29 Firefox's pulsaudio USE unset:
30
31 # pgrep pulseaudio
32 8219
33
34 Cheers,
35 R0b0t1

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