lawsonrc Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I prefer using RealPlayer to play RealPlayer videos (rather than Mplayer): both embedded videos and those launched separately in Realplayer itself. Sound works for me in RealPlayer on another laptop in MDV2007Spring. In MDV2008, I don't have sound for RealPlayer (although I do have sound in web videos that use Flashplayer). How do I get sound to work in the Realplayer videos, please? Sincerely, Richard L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hello there, I am going to ask a silly question here but have you checked the sound is NOT muted on the player window. In fact do you see the audio slider at all. I use both Realplayer and Helix with Realplayer codecs without any problems. Other than that no idea sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawsonrc Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hi SilverSurfer60, Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, the sound is not muted; the audio slider is three quarters of the way to maximum by default. I'm very puzzled by this. I also have this problem with both flashplayer and RealPlayer on PCLinuxOS2007 after re-installing it. Realplayer works just fine in LinuxMint3.1 Celena (gnome, although I prefer KDE). Mandriva is my favorite, and I would like to get sound working in Realplayer. Richard L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Do you have more than one sound card in your machine? Not necessarily active. It sounds like apps are either mapping to the wrong device or card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 I do not use RealPlayer, but I can recall it is using OSS- so you must be running your alsa with OSS emulation. Is the module "snd-pcm-oss" loaded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawsonrc Posted October 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Thanks Scarecrow....How do I find out if the module is loaded? Is there a command for this? Richard L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkrekula Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 try "aoss realplay". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawsonrc Posted October 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 try "aoss realplay". Unfortunately, there is still no sound after performing your suggestion, kkrekula. I appreciate your input. Thanks, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) Thanks Scarecrow....How do I find out if the module is loaded? Is there a command for this?Richard L. Yes, my dear.. of course it is! lsmod This displays all loaded modules, no matter if they are loaded wwith user or admin rights. If the module I mentioned is not loaded, then safest is opening a console, being root ( "su" - etc. ) and then modprobe foo ...or, in your case: modprobe snd-pcm-oss Of course, if that module is already loaded there's no need for re-loading it... the fault is somewhere else. Edited October 26, 2007 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawsonrc Posted October 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Thanks, scarecrow, Here are my results: Password: [root@localhost ~]# modprobe snd-pcm-oss [root@localhost ~]# Apparently the module didn't load. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 The absence of a complaint from the above command means the module did load. Do you see the module listed with lsmod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawsonrc Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 (edited) Here are my results. It looks like it is listed. If so, why am I still not getting sound???? Thanks, Richard agpgart 27592 1 intel_agp ide_cd 35488 0 uhci_hcd 22736 0 shpchp 29812 0 usbcore 113928 4 usbmouse,usbhid,uhci_hcd ac97_bus 2752 1 snd_ac97_codec pci_hotplug 27296 1 shpchp snd_pcm 68996 6 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_ codec snd_timer 19460 4 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd 43972 18 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss, snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 6592 1 snd snd_page_alloc 8456 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm iTCO_wdt 9568 0 iTCO_vendor_support 3940 1 iTCO_wdt evdev 8480 3 tsdev 7072 0 reiserfs 247908 2 ide_disk 14496 4 ide_generic 1824 0 [permanent] piix 9060 0 [permanent] ide_core 99396 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,piix Edited October 27, 2007 by lawsonrc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 I see you are using AC'97 in which case if you are using kmix check that all switches in your mixer are turned off except for video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawsonrc Posted October 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Unfortunately, I am baffled by all the details in KMIX. There is a tab called "Switches", but it does not have Video on it. The Video is on the "Input" tab. There is also an "Output" tab. Which items do I need to turn off under each of the three tabs? Thanks, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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