Re: Flash player sound solution

From: Andre Albsmeier (andre.albsmeier_at_siemens.com)
Date: 03/13/05

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To: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com>

    On Sat, 12-Mar-2005 at 22:21:35 -0800, Joshua Tinnin wrote:
    > On Saturday 12 March 2005 05:42 am, James McNaughton
    > <jtmcnaughton@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > > The Problem:
    > >
    > > Using native Mozilla and
    > > linuxpluginwrapper/linux-flashplugin (on 4.10-stable
    > > et al) to view flash content results in no sound and
    > > occasional Mozilla freezes.
    > >
    > > The Solution:
    > >
    > > Run esd.
    > >
    > > How:
    > >
    > > I was searching the web for the solution, and got
    > > nowhere. There didn't seem to be anyone who had gotten
    > > it to work. Linux mailing lists noted a problem with
    > > file permissions on /dev/snd or /dev/pcm* depending on
    > > the sound system drivers installed. My /dev/pcm* file
    > > permissions were all rw to begin with, so this didn't
    > > help.
    > >
    > > I wondered what device the plugin was actually trying
    > > to access, so I did "strings
    > > /usr/local/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so"
    > > and found /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer. Nearby in the list
    > > I noticed a few lines relating to esd. From a command
    > > line I started esd and went back to view some content
    > > that had previously frozen Mozilla, and there was
    > > sound coming out my speakers and the browser did not
    > > hang.
    > >
    > > I had long suspected the browser hangs were related to
    > > sound in the flash content. My results seem to confirm
    > > that suspicion.
    >
    > Do you have an example (or two or more) of a page that causes the crash?
    > I'd like to test this on 5.3-R. I know I used to have an email around
    > here somewhere with examples ...

    Speaking of flashplugin crashes: There is some flash content
    out there which makes my firefox crash (not due to sound but
    for some other reasons). One example is:

    http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5961030392

    I'd like to know if other people also experience crashes
    when viewing this page. The flash content isn't obvious
    to find: When the page has opened search for the string
    "Setzen Sie die Andale Gallery". Directly above is the
    flash part. I can only view this page when disabling
    the linux-flashplugin :-(

    Thanks,

            -Andre
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