flashplugin and pulseaudio
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flashplugin and pulseaudio
Can you play music from flash player and from a local file with mplayer or anything else that uses pulseaudio?
As a test try running some mp3 and then see if you have sound in youtube videos while mp3 is playing.
If you go to sound preferences you'll see that all the applications except firefox use pulseaudio. There is obliviously some kind of conflict.
Also when I tried to reinstall the flashplugin-nonfree I got an error where I couldn't install it anymore, I've found this thread on that subject on Debian forums:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=27314
Then I managed to install the flushplugin-mozilla plugin but the problem persists.
As a test try running some mp3 and then see if you have sound in youtube videos while mp3 is playing.
If you go to sound preferences you'll see that all the applications except firefox use pulseaudio. There is obliviously some kind of conflict.
Also when I tried to reinstall the flashplugin-nonfree I got an error where I couldn't install it anymore, I've found this thread on that subject on Debian forums:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=27314
Then I managed to install the flushplugin-mozilla plugin but the problem persists.
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Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
I found THISpost that may resolve your issue. It begins
There is a widely known issue which is that MPD (Music player Daemon) and flash are conflicting which ends up that one of them won't have sound (the one which was started earlier). So if you want to run MPD and flash at the same time this Howto is just for you. =)
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HP 15-bw0017cl -- Mint 19.3 Cinnamon
Compaq Presario CQ62 -- Mint 17 Cinnamon (support for 80 y/o family members 1st install)
READING:
The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Donald A. Wollheim
Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
I was not aware that Linux Mint had this issue, I thought it was specific for LMDE. I've never had it on Ubuntu and Mint is based on Ubuntu, but LMDE is not.
Anyway, I solved the problem like I did on my Arch Linux main desktop, I removed the pulse audio completely and am using Alsa instead.
But it's good to know that there is a simple solution if someone else has this problem. Thank you.
Anyway, I solved the problem like I did on my Arch Linux main desktop, I removed the pulse audio completely and am using Alsa instead.
But it's good to know that there is a simple solution if someone else has this problem. Thank you.
Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
install
flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound
thats it enjoy
flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound
thats it enjoy
Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
that's already installed and I still have no sound. Also I don't even HAVE an /etc/mpd directory that's mentioned in the other thread
Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
First off do not install ubuntu packages. Second that package is flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound in Debian! ...

Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
Greetings,
In order to solve problem of mutually exclusive flash player/pulse audio please try this recipe:
paste the following code in the file asound.conf:
Save the file
Restart your PC
This procedure solves this outsanding bug report.
source:Ubuntu forums
In order to solve problem of mutually exclusive flash player/pulse audio please try this recipe:
Code: Select all
sudo touch /etc/asound.conf
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sudo gedit /etc/asound.conf
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pcm.pulse {
type pulse
}
ctl.pulse {
type pulse
}
pcm.!default {
type pulse
}
ctl.!default {
type pulse
}
Restart your PC
This procedure solves this outsanding bug report.
source:Ubuntu forums
Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
That 'seems' to have done the job for me! Needs to get into a sticky of 'things to do after fresh install' to bring the OS upto speed until it's fixed by update..
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Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
Yep I can confirm that this works!omenest wrote:Greetings,
In order to solve problem of mutually exclusive flash player/pulse audio please try this recipe:
Code: Select all
sudo touch /etc/asound.conf
paste the following code in the file asound.conf:Code: Select all
sudo gedit /etc/asound.conf
Save the fileCode: Select all
pcm.pulse { type pulse } ctl.pulse { type pulse } pcm.!default { type pulse } ctl.!default { type pulse }
Restart your PC
This procedure solves this outsanding bug report.
source:Ubuntu forums
Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
STICKY this 

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Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
Thanks!
I was about to ask the same question till I read this.
Works fine now too.
I was about to ask the same question till I read this.
Works fine now too.
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Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
Functions halfway, you hear clicks to play both flash and otheromenest wrote:Greetings,
In order to solve problem of mutually exclusive flash player/pulse audio please try this recipe:
Code: Select all
sudo touch /etc/asound.conf
paste the following code in the file asound.conf:Code: Select all
sudo gedit /etc/asound.conf
Save the fileCode: Select all
pcm.pulse { type pulse } ctl.pulse { type pulse } pcm.!default { type pulse } ctl.!default { type pulse }
Restart your PC
This procedure solves this outsanding bug report.
source:Ubuntu forums
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Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
I hear pops and uneven sound when playing from two sources (flash and audio file for example), someone else is happening?.
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Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
Thank you for this! Ever since I switched to LMDE my sound has always been 'flaky', in that any heavy CPU usage would always fragment and break up the sound output. Streaming online, if my mouse cursor so much as moved over an Ad, the sound would cut briefly. Heck - even the startup sound in LMDE would never play smoothly. This was all fine under Mint 9, so I has always assumed that the problem was in the Debian Multimedia repo: the one which VLC users complain about.
Now though, sound output has been restored back to what it was. If, for any reason, I cannot stream smoothe video; the sound is still unimpeeded. A great improvement.
Now though, sound output has been restored back to what it was. If, for any reason, I cannot stream smoothe video; the sound is still unimpeeded. A great improvement.
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Re: flashplugin and pulseaudio
uhm at the risk of seeming a bit spammy and annoying
I can only repeat that this needs stickying - every couple of days this thread needs linking because someone new starts another "sound not working" thread without having realized it's flash/pulse -related.
I can only repeat that this needs stickying - every couple of days this thread needs linking because someone new starts another "sound not working" thread without having realized it's flash/pulse -related.