Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help: Firefox, RealPlayer, and a headset
On 10/10/06, South Walney Information Management [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A supplementary question:When I'm frustrated I like to play Freecivwith myself - there's something profoundly cathartic about sending aflotilla of ironclads against Houston and they make satisfying bangs.At least, they do when it's working properly, and it worked just fine when I was running under Mandiva 2006.Alas, I can't seem to coax anykind of noises out of Freeciv under Dapper, whether through the speakersor the headset!I believe there's an issue with licensing for the freeciv sounds which prevents Debian and hence Ubuntu from being able to distribute them legally (or at least distributing them according to policy). You can download them separately from: ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/contrib/sounds/sets/and put them in:/usr/share/games/freeciv/stdsounds/Or running this command should work: wget -qO - ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/contrib/sounds/sets/stdsounds3.tar.gz | \ tar xzf - -C /tmp/ \ sudo cp -r /tmp/data/stdsounds* /usr/share/games/freeciv/ Pete -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help: Firefox, RealPlayer, and a headset
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/10/06, David Morley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure on this but all the plugins for firefox are listed in Tools/Add-ons/Extentions (tab) That normally lists extensions, most audio plugins aren't installed as an extension. To view your plugins open a new tab and type: about:plugins in the address bar and hit enter. Scroll to where it says real player, there's normally a link to the plugins web page. I use mplayer's real player plugin. - Andy Thank you to those who replied. For some reason - and I didn't do anything technical about it yesterday - it's working fine this morning. Even as I write I'm listening to Woman's Hour through my cans! So, thanks too to whoever sent the technical vibes. Rosie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Help: Firefox, RealPlayer, and a headset
This is probably a trivial question but I expect somebody here knows the answer. I run Firefox, currently 1.5.0.7, under Dapper, and have a RealPlayer plugin for Firefox. My box contains a VIA 8253 sound card and I also use a Plantronics USB headset. The speakers that came with my box are damaged and although usable are temperamental. The only external speakers that are usable are those incorporated in my Philips monitor and those leave a lot to be desired in terms of quality. I like to listen to music while I'm working, so I use the headset with Rhythmbox. I do also like to listen to Radio 4 and sometimes Radio 3 while I work, and herein lies the problem. I have set the headset to be my default sound card. This works fine for system sounds, Rhythmbox, and just about everything else. But the radio, playing through Firefox/RealPlayer, ignores the headset and goes straight through the VIA soundcard to the external speakers. This is rather less than satisfactory, and I can't seem to find a way to change settings in RealPlayer or Firefox. Can anybody help me here? A supplementary question: When I'm frustrated I like to play Freeciv with myself - there's something profoundly cathartic about sending a flotilla of ironclads against Houston and they make satisfying bangs. At least, they do when it's working properly, and it worked just fine when I was running under Mandiva 2006. Alas, I can't seem to coax any kind of noises out of Freeciv under Dapper, whether through the speakers or the headset! All help gratefully received. Rosie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help: Firefox, RealPlayer, and a headset
On 10/10/06, South Walney Information Management [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do also like to listen to Radio 4 and sometimes Radio 3 while I work, and herein lies the problem. I have set the headset to be my default sound card. This works fine for system sounds, Rhythmbox, and just about everything else. But the radio, playing through Firefox/RealPlayer, ignores the headset and goes straight through the VIA soundcard to the external speakers. This is rather less than satisfactory, and I can't seem to find a way to change settings in RealPlayer or Firefox. Can anybody help me here? I'm not sure on this but all the plugins for firefox are listed in Tools/Add-ons/Extentions (tab) If you look down the list see if realplayer is listed under this if it is then click on preferences and see if you can change the default audio device. If it isn't listed then do you have realplayer installed on your machine aswell as the plugin if so try changing the default audio device in that and see if that changes the settings for your plugin too. -- Seek That Thy Might Know -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help: Firefox, RealPlayer, and a headset
On 10/10/06, David Morley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure on this but all the plugins for firefox are listed in Tools/Add-ons/Extentions (tab) That normally lists extensions, most audio plugins aren't installed as an extension. To view your plugins open a new tab and type: about:plugins in the address bar and hit enter. Scroll to where it says real player, there's normally a link to the plugins web page. I use mplayer's real player plugin. - Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
