On 12/21/2009 05:09 AM, Koenraad Lelong wrote:
Hi,
I was experiencing sound-problems with KDE4, so I installed Gnome. There I have less problems. I installed opensuse again with KDE4 because I liked KDE(3) more. I have a multi-boot setup now : my old 10.2, and 11.2 KDE and 11.2 Gnome, so I can try both KDE and Gnome. OS 11.2 is 64-bit.
In Gnome I can setup sound so my 4 speakers are used. How can I do this in KDE4 ? Alsa's speaker-test -c4 works fine in Gnome. If I try this with KDE, I only have 2 speakers. Where is Gnome storing that info ?
In Gnome I can play audio-CD's, in KDE4 I'm having problems. I have 2 DVD-drives. With one I can play an audio-CD with Kaffeine, the other gives an error : cannot find plugin for MRL [cdda:/]. I don't like kaffeine to play audio-CD's. I prefer amarok, but there it's impossible to play a CD, just like it's impossible to play a CD with KsCD. I can play mp3 with amarok though.
One advantage I have with KDE4 : I can play DVD's with Kaffeine. In Gnome I can't with the "standard" video-player (don't remember the name now).
Is there some opensuse website where I can read how to fix my problems ? Or is KDE4 so broken for audio ? Do I need to install something to play audio-CD's ? I know in the past I had to install those codecs, I read somewhere that this wasn't needed anymore. Is this right ? Anyone can point me in the right direction ? TIA.
Regards,
Koenraad Lelong.
As for Amarok not playing any more than 20 song and without audio. On 2 systems I tracked it down to a defective /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.25 for the 20 songs. Also devices /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer permissions. If Amarok, or kmix tries to use dsp or mixer with the default settings I get no sound (also when kde4 plays its boot music). I change permissions to 666 and it works. Adding a user to /etc/group audio didn't seem to solve the problem. -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email:" n5xwb@comcast.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb@arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+help@opensuse.org