On 8/20/06, fredex <fredex at 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 at 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) ------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"