[gentoo-user] mplayer and sound in firefox during playback

[gentoo-user] mplayer and sound in firefox during playback

[Harry Putnam]

I've installed mplayer and am able to play back online vidoes like
quicktime.   However, I get no sound.

Playing the same file retrieved from browser cache, directly with
mplayer, works with sound.  

What do I need to do with firefox to get the sound of videos?

I have the gecko-media player installed but I noticed in firefox
options/applications that *.mov files are not mentioned there.
Although quite a few other formats are listed as using gecko.

[gentoo-user] Re: mplayer and sound in firefox during playback

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 09/09/2009 02:49 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I've installed mplayer and am able to play back online vidoes like
> quicktime.   However, I get no sound.
>
> Playing the same file retrieved from browser cache, directly with
> mplayer, works with sound.
>
> What do I need to do with firefox to get the sound of videos?
>
> I have the gecko-media player installed but I noticed in firefox
> options/applications that *.mov files are not mentioned there.
> Although quite a few other formats are listed as using gecko.

Right-click on the video while it plays and go to the settings dialog. 
there, make sure you're using an appropriate sound back-end.

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer and sound in firefox during playback

[Alan McKinnon]

On Wednesday 09 September 2009 01:49:15 Harry Putnam wrote:
> I've installed mplayer and am able to play back online vidoes like
> quicktime.   However, I get no sound.
> 
> Playing the same file retrieved from browser cache, directly with
> mplayer, works with sound.
> 
> What do I need to do with firefox to get the sound of videos?

<wild shot in the dark here>

Was firefox built with USE=alsa?

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

[gentoo-user] Re: mplayer and sound in firefox during playback

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 09/09/2009 10:05 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 September 2009 01:49:15 Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I've installed mplayer and am able to play back online vidoes like
>> quicktime.   However, I get no sound.
>>
>> Playing the same file retrieved from browser cache, directly with
>> mplayer, works with sound.
>>
>> What do I need to do with firefox to get the sound of videos?
>
> <wild shot in the dark here>
>
> Was firefox built with USE=alsa?

Doesn't matter.  It's the plugin that plays the sound, not Firefox (I 
know because I have Firefox without the alsa USE flag and it works OK.)

[gentoo-user] Re: mplayer and sound in firefox during playback

[Harry Putnam]

Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> writes:

> On 09/09/2009 10:05 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On Wednesday 09 September 2009 01:49:15 Harry Putnam wrote:
>>> I've installed mplayer and am able to play back online vidoes like
>>> quicktime.   However, I get no sound.
>>>
>>> Playing the same file retrieved from browser cache, directly with
>>> mplayer, works with sound.
>>>
>>> What do I need to do with firefox to get the sound of videos?
>>
>> <wild shot in the dark here>
>>
>> Was firefox built with USE=alsa?
>
> Doesn't matter.  It's the plugin that plays the sound, not Firefox (I
> know because I have Firefox without the alsa USE flag and it works
> OK.)

I did Nikos suggestion but also discovered I hadn't relogged in the
user after adding user to audio group.  Once I did both it worked but
not sure if both were needed.  The user in audio part is a necessity
for sure... but not sure the changes on right click in a running
firefox playback is.

What I mean is, I'm not sure if it was already right.

The right click context menu preferences/play appears to be the only
setting that would really matter.
[audio output]        [drop dn  menu]

The drop down offers a number of choices, alsa being one of them.  I
think it was blank when I first looked.

It seems to work with either being blank or `alsa' inserted.