[SOLVED] VLC Player: can watch video but no sound

[juanvi]

I have the same problem. I have set Audio Output Module to ALSA, but there is not sound either.

Same result with AviPlayer, video but no sound. The log of AviPlayer is:

<audio reader> : MPEG1 Layer-3 48000Hz 0kbps JointStereo Xing (1152,428,384)
<audio reader> : junk size at the begining: time:0.98s pos:0 (46080b)
<reader> : Initialized video stream (chunk tblsz: 60868, fmtsz: 40)
<codec keeper> : Found 5 plugins (/usr/lib/avifile-0.7,A:22,V:32)
<FFMPEG video decoder> : looking mpeg4
<codec keeper> : Created video decoder: FF OpenDivX
<renderer> : SDL video driver: x11
<renderer> : created surface: 640x352 32 bits
<renderer> : created overlay: 640x352 Planar YV12
<codec keeper> : FF MPEG Layer-3 audio decoder created
minsize 2 0x55
<aviplay> : Will try audio renderers in this order: OSS,SDL,noaudio
<audio renderer> : src fmt=0x55 2ch 48000Hz 0b 16452B/s balign=1 cbsz=12
<audio renderer> : dst fmt=0x01 2ch 48000Hz 16b 192000B/s balign=4 cbsz=0
<OSS audio renderer> : Can't open /dev/dsp audio device: Device or resource busy
<aviplay> : Will try audio renderers in this order: SDL,noaudio
<audio renderer> : src fmt=0x55 2ch 48000Hz 0b 16452B/s balign=1 cbsz=12
<audio renderer> : dst fmt=0x01 2ch 48000Hz 16b 192000B/s balign=4 cbsz=0
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
<SDL audio renderer> : No available audio device!
<aviplay> : Will try audio renderers in this order: noaudio
<ffodivx> : using DR1
<aviplay> : AviPlayer::dropFrame() skipped 5 frames ( 23298, 23303 )

Thanks a lot

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Ubuntu 8.04

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

What about other packages? Does sound system work fine for system sounds and other media formats like mp3, .wav?

[dale456654]

I was having this problem too!

The solution for me was using the Windows version in wine

[juanvi]

Hi and Welcome !

What about other packages? Does sound system work fine for system sounds and other media formats like mp3, .wav?

Thanks devils casper.

No it doesn't.

I tried to uninstall ALSA and install it again and it didn't work. Finally, I formated the partition with ubuntu 8.04 and did a fresh installation of ubuntu 9.10. I cannot hear any sound, even the sound when I log in ubuntu. For instance, I see youtube videos without sound.
I installed
* gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
* gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
* gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
* gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
* gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
* gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
to hear mp3 but it doesn't work.

I don't know why, some days ago I hadn't any problem with audio files.

With aplay -l :

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC861-VD Analog [ALC861-VD Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


I confirmed with alsamixer that MUTE is not set.

[juanvi]

I was having this problem too!

The solution for me was using the Windows version in wine

Thanks, but It didn't work with wine either.

[juanvi]

I found the answer in ubuntuforums from alonc

sudo gedit /etc/pulse/default.pa

and uncomment lines 45 and 46

load-module module-alsa-sink
load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:0,1

saved it and reboot

[devils casper]

Well Done !
Thanx for sharing solution with us.