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if only I were deaf....

Asked by Enigma

If I were deaf I would not mind the fact that I can't get a media player to work.

I gave up on Totem.

I've begged VLC to work as well for me as it has for others.

Still, silence reigns.

I have tried EVERY fix that I can find in here and on Google (I have 4 pages in OO of what I have done with all the links).

Basically, I have WONDERFUL graphics in VLC, but no sound. Nor can I access any of the buttons in the taskbar....I can only watch the movie playing, and force quit the program when it still doesn't speak to me.

No, dvds don't have any sound either....it makes the program freeze.

I've been at this for 3 days now....is there a hero in the house? Please!

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Enigma (enigmaaphrodite) said : 		#1

Just in case it helps:

I have read enough to realize that Totem is an iffy media player, and that I should go with VLC, so I have. My problem is that I open the dvd to play and 2 things happen.
The first is if I choose “DVD Menus” then I can choose the options on the screen (but none of the buttons on the taskbar work) to play, the movie pretends like it is going to play, but when it tries to open up, it just hangs, and I have to force it to close.
The second option is if I just choose “DVD”, then the movie plays with incredible graphics, but there is no sound.

Also, when I put in an audio cd, the mouse will not click on anything in the taskbar, and the program freezes up.

I have been all through here, and tried these prior answers.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/18414

enigma:~$ sudo apt-get install gxine gxineplugin

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libcairo-jni libwxgtk2.8-0 libgtk-jni libcairo-java libglib-jni
  libwxbase2.8-0 libcrypto++6 tcltls libglib-java tcl8.4 tk8.4 amule-common
  libswt3.2-gtk-jni
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libmozjs0d
Suggested packages:
  realplayer
Recommended packages:
  libxine1-ffmpeg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gxine gxineplugin libmozjs0d
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 838kB of archives.
After unpacking 2228kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe libmozjs0d 1.8.1.4-2ubuntu5 [362kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe gxine 0.5.11-3ubuntu3 [468kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe gxineplugin 0.5.11-3ubuntu3 [7624B]
Fetched 838kB in 3s (229kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libmozjs0d.
(Reading database ... 102503 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libmozjs0d (from .../libmozjs0d_1.8.1.4-2ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package gxine.
Unpacking gxine (from .../gxine_0.5.11-3ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package gxineplugin.
Unpacking gxineplugin (from .../gxineplugin_0.5.11-3ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libmozjs0d (1.8.1.4-2ubuntu5) ...

Setting up gxine (0.5.11-3ubuntu3) ...

Setting up gxineplugin (0.5.11-3ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/27274

enigma:~$ gstreamer-properties
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'artsdsink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'pulsesink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'sdlvideosink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'v4lmjpegsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'qcamsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'esdmon'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'pulsesrc'
sh: jackd: not found

This is what came up:

Multimedia Systems Selector

Audio settings:
Default Output
Plugin: Autodetect
Device: Unsupported
Pipeline: autoaudiosink

When I tested this it ran fine, but this popped up in the terminal:
sh: jackd: not found

Default Input
Plugin: ALSA-Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
Device: Default
Pipeline: alsasrc

When I tested this, I got the same message:
sh: jackd: not found

and it hung until I force quit it:

enigma:~$ gstreamer-properties
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'artsdsink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'pulsesink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'sdlvideosink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'v4lmjpegsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'qcamsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'esdmon'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'pulsesrc'
sh: jackd: not found
sh: jackd: not found
Killed

So then I tried: sudo lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS300 Host Bridge (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc EHCI USB Controller (rev 01)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SMBus (rev 18)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 434c
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 4342
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc IXP AC'97 Modem (rev 01)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/22099

enigma:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for enigma:
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://packages.medibuntu.org gutsy Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org gutsy/free Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org gutsy/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org gutsy Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org gutsy/free Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Packages
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org gutsy/non-free Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Sources
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org gutsy/free Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org gutsy/non-free Packages
Fetched 2B in 1s (2B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

enigma:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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drgplace (drgplace-drgplace) said : 		#2

can you tell me if you have sound on any other video player.

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Enigma (enigmaaphrodite) said : 		#3

yes, sound juicer comes up and plays when I put an audio cd in

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drgplace (drgplace-drgplace) said : 		#4

1. do you have libdvdcss2 installed?
2. and install w32codexs?

this should allow you to open and play dvd it did that for me. you can find both on vlc website.

how did you install vlc from apt-get or from one of the GUI interfaces to it?

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Enigma (enigmaaphrodite) said : 		#5

thank you thank you thank you thank you!