Sound with headphones on: Streamaudio perfect but youtube and system-config-soundcard silent
This afternoon, I bought a pair of ear plugs (the large flat kind that hook onto my ears). Plugged them in to test and they work perfectly. I'm listening to streamaudio.com as I type this. However, when I tried to watch a youtube.com video (my wife exercise dancing) just silence. She had the same video on to test and the sound was fine on her box. Then, I tried system-config-soundcard and with the volume set at 100%, just silence. Does this have to do with lower voltages coming from youtube.com and system-config-soundcard or is there some other explanation and a cure? TIA....
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
This afternoon, I bought a pair of ear plugs (the large flat kind that hook onto my ears). Plugged them in to test and they work perfectly. I'm listening to streamaudio.com as I type this. However, when I tried to watch a youtube.com video (my wife exercise dancing) just silence. She had the same video on to test and the sound was fine on her box. Then, I tried system-config-soundcard and with the volume set at 100%, just silence. Does this have to do with lower voltages coming from youtube.com and system-config-soundcard or is there some other explanation and a cure? TIA....
Progress: I shut the box down for awhile and then turned it back on. Now, there's sound from streamaudio.com and youtube.com I'm not sure why cycling power helped, but it did. Still no sound from system-config-soundcard when I try the sound test.
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 21:13 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
This afternoon, I bought a pair of ear plugs (the large flat kind that hook onto my ears). Plugged them in to test and they work perfectly. I'm listening to streamaudio.com as I type this. However, when I tried to watch a youtube.com video (my wife exercise dancing) just silence. She had the same video on to test and the sound was fine on her box. Then, I tried system-config-soundcard and with the volume set at 100%, just silence. Does this have to do with lower voltages coming from youtube.com and system-config-soundcard or is there some other explanation and a cure? TIA....
I would be surprised if voltage settings from a remote location could affect this. You are coming over the net, right? Your signal strength would be determined by your closest node and should be within pre-defined limits.
Progress: I shut the box down for awhile and then turned it back on. Now, there's sound from streamaudio.com and youtube.com I'm not sure why cycling power helped, but it did. Still no sound from system-config-soundcard when I try the sound test.
Have you right-clicked the speaker control on the desktop and opened the volume control panel? There's lots of inputs there that might be useful. I noticed in the past that for certain things I had to enable different DXS functions (I have a via chipset) and/or PCM input, etc.
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On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:14 AM, William L. Maltby CentOS4Bill@triad.rr.com wrote:
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 21:13 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
This afternoon, I bought a pair of ear plugs (the large flat kind that hook onto my ears). Plugged them in to test and they work perfectly. I'm listening to streamaudio.com as I type this. However, when I tried to watch a youtube.com video (my wife exercise dancing) just silence. She had the same video on to test and the sound was fine on her box. Then, I tried system-config-soundcard and with the volume set at 100%, just silence. Does this have to do with lower voltages coming from youtube.com and system-config-soundcard or is there some other explanation and a cure? TIA....
I would be surprised if voltage settings from a remote location could affect this. You are coming over the net, right? Your signal strength would be determined by your closest node and should be within pre-defined limits.
Bill: After I powered the box down and let it sit for awhile and then powered back up, I was able to hear the audio coming from youtube.com without any problem, as well as audio from streamaudio.com Never was able to hear the local sound test in system-config-soundcard but since it is otherwise working now, I consider this solved. If those ear plugs had a longer cable, they would be perfect....Thanks. Lanny
On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 09:52 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
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Bill: After I powered the box down and let it sit for awhile and then powered back up, I was able to hear the audio coming from youtube.com without any problem, as well as audio from streamaudio.com Never was able to hear the local sound test in system-config-soundcard but since it is otherwise working now, I consider this solved.
Good. But I would still be curious (being obsessive-compulsive about these things) about why. It's got to be some configuration or mute thing. Oh well, as long as your good.
If those ear plugs had a longer cable, they would be perfect....Thanks. Lanny
It used to be Radio Shack was my friend. I've bought jacks that you can assemble yourself (screw-in type available, but I always soldered) and make extension cables. If the extension is not too long, you should not notice any ill-effects. To minimize the increased resistance, I make the extension with a size or two larger wire. I've not detected any distortions associated with the joints or change in wire size over the short lengths I've used.
Maybe you have something like the Radio Shack (or any electronics parts house) in Columbia near you?
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On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM, William L. Maltby CentOS4Bill@triad.rr.com wrote:
On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 09:52 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
<snip> Bill: After I powered the box down and let it sit for awhile and then powered back up, I was able to hear the audio coming from youtube.com without any problem, as well as audio from streamaudio.com Never was able to hear the local sound test in system-config-soundcard but since it is otherwise working now, I consider this solved.
Good. But I would still be curious (being obsessive-compulsive about these things) about why. It's got to be some configuration or mute thing. Oh well, as long as your good.
I am also curious about why that does not work.
If those ear plugs had a longer cable, they would be perfect....Thanks. Lanny
It used to be Radio Shack was my friend. I've bought jacks that you can assemble yourself (screw-in type available, but I always soldered) and make extension cables. If the extension is not too long, you should not notice any ill-effects. To minimize the increased resistance, I make the extension with a size or two larger wire. I've not detected any distortions associated with the joints or change in wire size over the short lengths I've used.
Maybe you have something like the Radio Shack (or any electronics parts house) in Columbia near you?
No Radio Shack here that I'm aware of. I will eventually find what I need, to make an extension cable. Those little ear phones are intended for use with cell phones, MP3/MP4 players, on airplanes; so the cables are very short. My daughter has one that cost twice as much and the cable on it is even shorter..... Much more comfortable than a headset with a headband.....
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