Re: CNN Videos - No Sound
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:19:26 -0400 David Clymer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm...I'm not sure I'm any closer to knowing what program you are using > to play the videos. Do you have mplayerplugin installed? That may help. It certainly does with Mozilla (I don't use Firefox) at least with CNN video. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CNN Videos - No Sound
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 07:38 -0400, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > david> Perhaps, if you provide a leeetle more info. > > Yes, of course! > > david> What program are you using to view these videos (totem, > david> mplayer, etc)? > > I'm running linux-2.6.8-2-686. I click links (with 'firefox') on the > CNN "video site", and a new window is created. Within it is the > opening "Media Player" animated logo which eventually displays the > (silent) piece I've selected. > > "About:plugins" in 'firefox' shows, "Windows Media Player Plug-in > Dynamic Link Library", followed by: > > MIME TYPE DESCSUFFIXES ENABLED > application/asxMedia Files *Yes > video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files *Yes > application/x-mplayer2 Media Files *Yes > video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* Yes > video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* Yes > audio/x-ms-wma Media Files wma,*Yes > audio/x-ms-wax Media Files wax,*Yes > video/x-ms-wmv Media Files wmv,*Yes > video/x-ms-wvx Media Files wvx,*Yes Hmm...I'm not sure I'm any closer to knowing what program you are using to play the videos. > > david> What format are they in? > > Not sure. > Well, my guess is that they are real or wma or something. When I tried to view a video at CNN's site, it told me i needed windows media player. Looking at the javascript on the site (used to pop up the window in which the video is played), I saw only (what i took to be) a few oblique references to realplayer, flash, and windows media player. It looks like this is a problem probably having to do with a lot of non-DFSG conforming software, and I don't have a lot of experience in that area. Are you using crossover office or anything like that? -davidc -- gpg-key: http://www.zettazebra.com/files/key.gpg signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: CNN Videos - No Sound
Kenneth Jacker wrote: > david> What program are you using to view these videos (totem, > david> mplayer, etc)? > > I'm running linux-2.6.8-2-686. I click links (with 'firefox') on the > CNN "video site", and a new window is created. Within it is the > opening "Media Player" animated logo which eventually displays the > (silent) piece I've selected. So far I can't figure out what player you are using. > "About:plugins" in 'firefox' shows, "Windows Media Player Plug-in > Dynamic Link Library", followed by: > > MIME TYPE DESCSUFFIXES ENABLED > application/asxMedia Files *Yes > video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files *Yes > application/x-mplayer2 Media Files *Yes > video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* Yes > video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* Yes > audio/x-ms-wma Media Files wma,*Yes > audio/x-ms-wax Media Files wax,*Yes > video/x-ms-wmv Media Files wmv,*Yes > video/x-ms-wvx Media Files wvx,*Yes Something has been installed to play those files but I can't determine from this what player that would be. Try downloading a video and then playing the video directly using an application such as mplayer or vlc. I suspect that will work fine. (However, getting the video from the web site I suspect to be trouble because they try to make that difficult.) Earlier you wrote: > I can hear sound from CDs, radio and TV, but not when viewing CNN > videos via 'firefox'. I've messed with various "mixer" setting, but > still can't hear anything (BTW, which mixer channel should it be?) Those may be using the direct wire from device to device. For example when playing CDs directly from the player a different audio path is usually taken than when playing stored music files. So it may be that you can play CDs but not other audio on the machine. Can you play mp3s or oggs when you have this sound problem? Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: CNN Videos - No Sound
On 7/11/05, Kenneth Jacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running linux-2.6.8-2-686. I click links (with 'firefox') on the > CNN "video site", and a new window is created. Within it is the > opening "Media Player" animated logo which eventually displays the > (silent) piece I've selected. I don't know if this helps at all, but I've found that after a java applet has used sound, flash no longer has sound. The "fix" for this has been to restart firefox. Have you tried playing one of the video clips right after starting your browser? Another thing to check is the "PCM" level on your mixer. I've found that with some players I get the highest volume when PCM is set at or near the max, and for others it has to be around 1/2. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com
Re: CNN Videos - No Sound
david> Perhaps, if you provide a leeetle more info. Yes, of course! david> What program are you using to view these videos (totem, david> mplayer, etc)? I'm running linux-2.6.8-2-686. I click links (with 'firefox') on the CNN "video site", and a new window is created. Within it is the opening "Media Player" animated logo which eventually displays the (silent) piece I've selected. "About:plugins" in 'firefox' shows, "Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library", followed by: MIME TYPE DESCSUFFIXES ENABLED application/asxMedia Files *Yes video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files *Yes application/x-mplayer2 Media Files *Yes video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* Yes video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* Yes audio/x-ms-wma Media Files wma,*Yes audio/x-ms-wax Media Files wax,*Yes video/x-ms-wmv Media Files wmv,*Yes video/x-ms-wvx Media Files wvx,*Yes david> What format are they in? Not sure. david> Are you using GNOME, KDE, ... KDE. david> something else (esd, arts, plain alsa, etc)? ALSA. Another possible hint: QuickTime has the same behavior - images, but no sound. Thanks for everyone's help, -Kenneth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CNN Videos - No Sound
On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 11:49 -0400, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > [sarge, SB Live!] > > I can hear sound from CDs, radio and TV, but not when viewing CNN > videos via 'firefox'. I've messed with various "mixer" setting, but > still can't hear anything (BTW, which mixer channel should it be?) > > My hunch is I don't have a proper device in /dev. I think this is unlikely. If your audio device did not exist, you would have problems playing any sound - it would not just be relegated to movie audio. > > Anyone know what I need to do? Perhaps, if you provide a leeetle more info. What program are you using to view these videos (totem, mplayer, etc)? What format are they in? Are you using GNOME, KDE, something else (esd, arts, plain alsa, etc)? -davidc -- gpg-key: http://www.zettazebra.com/files/key.gpg signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
CNN Videos - No Sound
[sarge, SB Live!] I can hear sound from CDs, radio and TV, but not when viewing CNN videos via 'firefox'. I've messed with various "mixer" setting, but still can't hear anything (BTW, which mixer channel should it be?) My hunch is I don't have a proper device in /dev. Anyone know what I need to do? Thanks, -- Prof Kenneth H Jacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Science Dept www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj Appalachian State Univ Boone, NC 28608 USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
