swfdec-plugin + seamonkey=no youtube sound

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sasha-fbsd

Hi,

I am working on a freebsd 7.2 system. I have installed seamonkey and swfdec-plugin. I can play google youtube, the picture is great, but there is no sound.

What else can I do?

Thank you,

Sasha
 
a... enable sound (if not already. Can you use other sound apps?)
b... install /gnash/, test it
(Not saying that will enable sound, but something maybe to try)
 
sound works otherwise

The sound works well otherwise. Here is my kldstat

Code: 
(su-root@ibm-bsd)~ $: kldstat 
Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 1   16 0xc0400000 9fab28   kernel
 2    1 0xc0dfb000 6fa8     snd_ich.ko
 3    2 0xc0e02000 4a64c    sound.ko
 4    1 0xc0e4d000 6a45c    acpi.ko
 5    1 0xc4811000 22000    linux.ko
 6    1 0xc4883000 2000     star_saver.ko
 7    1 0xc4915000 9000     i915.ko
 8    1 0xc491e000 13000    drm.ko

I had bad exprience with gnash in earlier FreeBSD release. Youtube would simply show a grainy background - no sound, no picture. Here I am actually getting a clear video, just no sound. Is there anything I need to enable perhaps?

Tx,
Sasha
 
no gnash

jb_fvwm2 said:
a... enable sound (if not already. Can you use other sound apps?)
b... install /gnash/, test it
(Not saying that will enable sound, but something maybe to try)
Click to expand...

I did try to pkg_add gnash, but encountered dependency conflict with respect to the boost package. So, no go for gnash. I did not wish to break my KDE setup.

Any other options? Sasha
 
tried linux-flashplugin9 too,...no success

Privet, Nicholas

Yes, I did try to install from ports...see below

Code: 
(su-root@ibm-bsd)~ $: cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin9
(su-root@ibm-bsd)/usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin9 $: make install clean
===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
=> install_flash_player_9.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/9.0r159.
=> Attempting to fetch from [url]http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/installers/current/9/[/url].
fetch: [url]http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/installers/current/9/install_flash_player_9.tar.gz:[/url] size mismatch: expected 3057882, actual 3057910
=> Attempting to fetch from [url]ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/9.0r159/[/url].
fetch: [url]ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/9.0r159/install_flash_player_9.tar.gz:[/url] File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
=> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
=> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/9.0r159 and try again.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin9.
No luck here either.

What solution did you get? Is your video and youtube working, including sound?

Tx, Sasha
 
is package method only ok?

Yes, that was my next move. Except I am trying to use packages only to avoid problems, by mixing ports and packages. Can I solve this situation with packages alone?

Do I absolutely NEED to update the ports tree, to get sound on YouTube?

Anyone?

Really appreciate your help. Sasha
 
You don't need to update the tree, if you use packages only.
But, i don't know if there's solution without building from ports :p
Packages < Ports ;-)
 
port tree is being updated ...

Hey, Guys

You are right, I realized it.

'packages<ports' - very clever, Nicholas!

'Portmanager -u' is underway as I speak. I think it will take some time for this to finish......

Will report when it's done.

Thank you,

Sasha
 
I didn't forget ...

In case some of you are wondering, ...I did update the ports tree first > portsnap fetch extract ..
and now I am updating the installed ports > portmanager -u

It is taking quite a bit of time. Still at 62% complete, started about 20 hours ago. Of course I am not always at the console, and many times I need to respond to options queries and hit Enter.
Let's wait and see. Sasha
 
linux-flashplugin9 installed

Hello, I am back

The entire ports tree is now updated. All installed ports are current. Following your advice I have installed linux-flashplugin9...

Code: 
(su-root@ibm-bsd)~ $: pkg_info | grep flashplugin
linux-flashplugin-9.0r246 Adobe Flash Player NPAPI Plugin
My Seamonkey still has no audio when viewing YouTube videos, but the video is good quality. W
hat am I leaving out?

Appreciate any hints and leads.

S.
 
strange video stuff happening

Hello,

Since I installed linux-flashplugin9, the youtube video can no longer be viewed. It shows a black background and that's it. But If I click on the thumb size video frame on the right upper corner of the page, then I can play the video. It is now not a good quality picture.

I have deinstalled flashplugin and rebooted. Deinstalled and reinstalled (from ports) swfdec-plugin. Same results - no video either.
What is happening, anyone knows?

I admit, I have no clue as to how to proceed. Despite me looking at many threads ....Help.

Tx, Sasha
 
back to square one?

I have deinstalled all the plugins. Then I followed the Handbook step for step. When it came to checking the Firefox about:plugins, there was problem: no java plugins were reported.

Anyone experienced similar situation?

And yes, I did try

Code: 
# ln -s /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
  /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/

It returned: 'file exists'
 
another step forward

Hello,

Following a post in these forums I did this:

Code: 
(su-root@ibm-bsd)~ $: pkg_delete diablo-jre-1.6.0.07.02

and this after that:
Code: 
ln -s /usr/local/diablo-jdk1.6.0/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins

Now Firefox 3 shows Java plugins enabled. The Youtube videos are now good quality, but STILL NO SOUND.

The Hunt Continues....
 
Once I had a mismatch between linux_base and flashplugin, which resulted in my sound not working. So make sure that if you're using, for example, linux_base-f10 that you install linux-f10-flashplugin10 (and not linux-flashplugin9).
 
solved, finally!

Following the Handbook's instructions, I got sound finally on while viewing youtube videos.
I had to deinstall swfdec-plugins port, replaced by npwrapper Shockwave Flash.

Thank you all for your patience and help.

Sasha
 
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