Robert Spangler wrote:
On Mon November 12 2007 15:54, James Pearson wrote:
On 12/11/2007, Robert Spangler lazydog@zoominternet.net wrote:
On Mon November 12 2007 13:30, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Robert Spangler wrote:
Hello everyone,
I run a 64bit system here and install flash plugins for firefox using nspluginwrapper. I get the movies but there is no sound.
Make sure the 32-bit alsa-lib is installed.
alsa-lib.i386 1.0.6-5.RHEL4 installed
Can you playback sound using other 32 bit apps? e.g. using the 32 bit version of aplay?
I have aplay but don't know if it's 32bit or not.
If you have a 64 bit distro installed, then aplay will be 64 bit - running:
file `which aplay`
should confirm this. To run the 32 bit version you will need to download the 32 bit (i386) alsa-utils RPM - but don't install it. Extract the 32 bit aplay binary by doing something like:
cd /tmp rpm2cpio alsa-utils-1.0.6-6.i386.rpm | cpio -idmv ./usr/bin/aplay
However, as you are running CentOS4, you will need to make sure the snd_ioctl32 kernel module is loaded - it isn't by default i.e.
modprobe snd_ioctl32
Then test with the 32 bit aplay:
alsaunmute 0 /tmp/usr/bin/aplay /usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav
What type of sound card do you have?
class: AUDIO bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: snd-via82xx desc: "VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller" vendorId: 1106 deviceId: 3059 subVendorId: 1043 subDeviceId: 812a pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 11 pcifn: 5
Same as mine ... however, I had lots of issues with 32 bit apps and sound on 64 bit CentOS4 (not necessarily this sound card) - in the end I 'upgraded' to the ALSA 1.0.15 kernel drivers, libs and utils - which works much better
James Pearson