Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: tuxic@××××××.de
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 03:11:29
Message-Id: 20180227031114.qbrvimww4cul4dq5@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Closing TAB of Firefix stops Video/Audio playback system wide... by R0b0t1
1 On 02/26 06:44, R0b0t1 wrote:
2 > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:18 AM, Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3 > > On 26/02/18 06:33, R0b0t1 wrote:
4 > >> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 12:13 AM, R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com> wrote:
5 > >>> On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 10:07 PM, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
6 > >>>> Hi,
7 > >>>>
8 > >>>> whenever I close a TAB of Firefox the playback of video or/and audio
9 > >>>> ist stopped for seconds. After that it starts, where it has stopped
10 > >>>> before.
11 > >>>>
12 > >>>> I am using Firefox with alsa (compiled locally via emerge).
13 > >>>>
14 > >>
15 > >> Sorry, my brain was off. But - doesn't Firefox use pulseaudio by
16 > >> default, with no option for ALSA?
17 > >>
18 > >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345661
19 > >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247056
20 > >>
21 > > Not on gentoo, I believe. I've never got round to configuring
22 > > PulseAudio, which means I believe it is not installed, but Firefox sound
23 > > works fine.
24 > >
25 > > Yes I think stock Firefox assumes you have PulseAudio, but the gentoo
26 > > version doesn't.
27 > >
28 >
29 > I never installed it either, but pulseaudio is currently running, with
30 > Firefox's pulsaudio USE unset:
31 >
32 > # pgrep pulseaudio
33 > 8219
34 >
35 > Cheers,
36 > R0b0t1
37 >
38
39
40 Hi,
41
42 I compiled firefox via emerge myself without pulseaudio and only using
43 alsa.
44 Pulseaudio is neither installed not running.
45
46 Cheers
47 Meino