mp3 audio / video problem
Jeff Yowell
jeff_yowell at cox.net
Wed Jan 5 22:26:49 MST 2005
And so again, I restate, if you want quality sound, do not use YDL 4.0.
It simply is not made to handle sound.
On Jan 5, 2005, at 10:55 PM, Cian Duffy wrote:
> You are using the latest kernel (2.6.9-1ydl last time In checked, may
> be a 2.6.10 in YDL.net Enhanced but I'm too cheap to pay for that, I
> bought the full version of the OS....), right? The 2.6.8 that shipped
> with YDL 4 doesn't do sound well at all
>
> ksCD won't work. Its trying to extract audio by an analogue cable,
> something Apple dropped years ago. OSX and Windows XP both actually
> default to digital audio extraction, as does BeOS. Its only Linux
> where stuffs done the old fashioned way, which is why I have to have
> two extra cables trailing across the inside of my x86 desktop....
>
> If you're getting any sound at all, modprobe.conf is working.
>
>
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:50:49 -0600, Chris Tou
> <christopher-tou at augustana.edu> wrote:
>> I tried that, and either way, the only way I get sound is to have my
>> speakers
>> plugged in and turned all the way up. Only then do I get some sound,
>> but it's
>> distorted (static-sounding). If it's not too much trouble, could I
>> get the
>> text for a workable modprobe.conf file? I may have incorrectly
>> modified mine
>> somewhere. Also, ksCD makes no sound at all when playing a CD.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Chris Tou
>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>> From: Cian Duffy <myob87 at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: January 5, 2005 5:25:45 PM CST
>>>> To: Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List
>>>> <yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: mp3 audio / video problem
>>>> Reply-To: Cian Duffy <myob87 at gmail.com>, Yellow Dog Linux Newbie
>>>> List
>>>> <yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>>>>
>>>> Somehow I managed to send this directly rather than to the list
>>>>
>>>> Change all instances of dmasound_pmac to snd_powermac . Be careful
>>>> of
>>>> line breaks
>>>>
>>>> Cian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:21:32 -0600, Jeff Yowell
>>>> <jeff_yowell at cox.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Nobody knows, I guess.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What do I have to edit in the modprobe.conf file to get
>>>> sound to work?
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 5, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Cian Duffy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Err, I'm running 4.0, with the latest official
>>>> kernel recompiled with
>>>> OSS Emulation for ALSA. I have system sounds, I
>>>> have in-game sounds, I
>>>> have RealPlayer 10 sound, I have VLC sound. It
>>>> was a messup and a typo
>>>> in modprobe.conf that caused there to be no
>>>> sound. I've played DVD's,
>>>> MPEG's, Quicktime, AVI's, CD's, MP3's and Vorbis
>>>> files.
>>>>
>>>> Off topic - are you using online.ie just for
>>>> their storage or are you
>>>> Irish also?
>>>>
>>>> Cian
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:29:26 -0500, Jeff Yowell
>>>> <jeff_yowell at cox.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't work because the developers for
>>>> Yellow Dog decided not to
>>>> have any sound support in version 4.0. You
>>>> cannot play CDs, DVDs,
>>>> MP3s, AVIs, or any other sound-producing thing
>>>> or file on any
>>>> computer using Yellow Dog. Nor can you have any
>>>> system sounds. It
>>>> is strictly a "visual" operating system.
>>>>
>>>> Now, as for why they did this, you may need to
>>>> ask them. Apparently,
>>>> though, they just don't like any noise.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: jmotta at online.ie
>>>> Date: 2005/01/05 Wed PM 05:14:23 EST
>>>> To:
>>>> yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>>>> Subject: mp3 audio / video problem
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi All. I just installed YDL 4.0 on my TiBook
>>>> and I must say so far
>>>> I love it!
>>>> The only problem is I do not have any mp3
>>>> support or video support
>>>> for that
>>>> matter. When I installed I chose to install
>>>> everything, so as far as
>>>> I know
>>>> every package available on the YDL CD's are no
>>>> on my HD.
>>>>
>>>> The first time I tried to play an mp3 the
>>>> program (music player and
>>>> kaboodle)
>>>> refeused to play the file. Music player said it
>>>> didn't have the
>>>> plugin to play
>>>> mp3's! Is mp3 support not in YDL?
>>>>
>>>> How can I remedy this problem?, dumb it down for
>>>> me if you can. I
>>>> don't know all
>>>> the rpm, make, yum stuff yet.
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> JM
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