On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 15:20 +0300, Bogdan Cristea wrote:

On Sunday 27 September 2009 15:13:28 Carlos E. R. wrote:

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I don't play many dvd's on my laptop computer so I don't know how long this has been going on. I have installed on this computer Opensuse 11.1 with the 64bit system. I used opensuse community one click install for restricted formats. I can view the video but can't hear any sound when I play a dvd.

I have a similar problem even when playing mp3 files with Amarok (openSUSE 11.1, 32 bits with KDE4.3). A reboot solves sometimes this issue.

I did try that before I posted originally, but it didn't work to fix the problem. I should have perhaps included it in the steps that I have already tried to fix the problem, but I didn't because the problem seems more involved. Thanks for the suggestion! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 14:13 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On Saturday, 2009-09-26 at 13:17 -0400, Mark Misulich wrote:

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Hi, I don't play many dvd's on my laptop computer so I don't know how long this has been going on. I have installed on this computer Opensuse 11.1 with the 64bit system. I used opensuse community one click install for restricted formats. I can view the video but can't hear any sound when I play a dvd.

YOu don't say what program you use, and what desktop.

- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.

You are right, I didn't say that, so let me correct that oversight. I use kde 3 and have tried kaffeine and mplayer to play the dvd. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sunday 27 September 2009 07:50:40 am Carlos E. R. wrote:

On Sunday, 2009-09-27 at 08:39 -0400, Mark Misulich wrote:

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On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 14:13 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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YOu don't say what program you use, and what desktop.

You are right, I didn't say that, so let me correct that oversight. I use kde 3 and have tried kaffeine and mplayer to play the dvd.

Ok, then I'd recomend you try the original interface for the xine engine, which I think is what kaffeine uses (check it); package xine-ui, commandline "xine". It will give you access to the full configuration of the engine, including sound.

Of mplayer I can't comment, I'm not familiar with it.

Another think you should check is if you are using pulseaudio: it appears that some people get better results dissabling it. IIRC there is a wiki page explaining how to do it, but it might be as simple as a checkbox in Yast sound configuration module.

Also, If you have upgraded with packages from the pacman repository, then you might have "xinelibs" installed instead of "libxine" (or vice-versa). That in itself can be a cause of problems. When I'm trouble chasing problems like that, I usually disable all repositories except oss and openSuSE Update and force a downgrade of whatever package is giving me problems back to the official version and go from there. 90% of the time that will solve the problem. For the other 10% of the time, you have the correct version installed to author a bug report against. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 13:10 -0400, Charles Philip Chan wrote:

Mark Misulich writes:

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You are right, I didn't say that, so let me correct that oversight. I use kde 3 and have tried kaffeine and mplayer to play the dvd.

1. Do you you get audio when you try to play other audio and video files? Yes, I did. I only found the problem when trying to play a dvd.

2. Have you tried to disable pulseaudio?

I tried it in the course of my troubleshooting, but didn't find an easy way to do it when I googled how to do it. So in the course of looking for an easier way to do it in yast, I found the problem. Somehow, the audio board became unconfigured since I installed the operating system months ago. When I auto configured the board, the sound started working when playing dvd's, and had no effect on everything else. I don't know how I could get sound in everything else except dvd's, so I wasn't thinking in that mode when I posted asking for help. I thought since it only occurred with dvd's, it must be a software problem. Thanks for everyone's efforts on my behalf. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org