On 8/20/06, fredex fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
Hi gang!
I'm hoping for some advice here,...
I've been having this problem for a while and have come to the point where I need someone else's guidance/suggestions/help...
I'm running a Cenotos-4 system. It was originally a TAO Linux-1 system, that was upgraded to Tao-4, and subsequently switched (via yum, using the procedure created by the Tao maintainer with--I assume--assitance from the Centos maintainers) to Centos-4.
I have seen this issue with some sound-cards.. what is the sound card you are using, what are the options that are in /etc/modprobe.conf, and what is your other hardware (memory, cpu, chipset.)
There are 3 reasons I have found for sound changes: 1) Chipset issues that can be corrected with a bios update (if the sound is embedded). The newer kernel driver expects certain access to the hardware and the BIOS needs a kick. 2) Chipset issues that need an updated kernel module. ALSA changes are a major issue. I had to keep getting dkms modules for my sound card for a while because the newer ALSA covered the card but the kernel didnt. 3) Flash is optimized for Flash-9 and doesnt sound good in Flash-7
Ever since the upgrade from tao-1 to tao-4, Flash audio is horribly distorted.
I've reinstalled the flash-7 plugin more than once, most recently today. Today I also went through the entire system making sure there is only a single copy of the files flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so, and that they are the newest ones from today.
What brings it to a head today is that my local NPR station appears to have switched to providing their audio stream as flash. At least I am no longer offered any choice (it used to allow us to choose windows media, real, or quicktime, all of which worked with mplayer), flash being what I get.
I'm open to suggestions. Thanks in advance!
Fred
---- Fred Smith -- fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ------------------------------- Romans 5:8 (niv) ------------------------------
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