Re: Flash player sound solution

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

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    Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:18:50 +0100
To: Chris Hodgins <chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk>

    On Sun, 13-Mar-2005 at 17:18:13 +0000, Chris Hodgins wrote:
    > Andre Albsmeier wrote:
    > >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
    >
    > That worked ok for me without crashing. One site that I know always

    Hmm, I think the ebay stuff is very dynamic. Maybe there are
    some local browser settings which influence the output.
    Did you find the flash content in the page?

    > crashes my browser is this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/
    >
    > Just click on any of the photos there and the new page will load up and
    > crash. If anyone cares I have attached the backtrace from the crash below.

    Same here :-(.

            -Andre
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