Ubuntu
pulseaudio package

web pages with video cause my system to lose audio

Asked by simon

whenever i open a web page which has video in it (Youtube etc) i lose audio in all my other apps, vlc amarok audio preview etc. I have to restart to get audio back. i have an acer aspire 5570 laptop and have had this problem through several ubuntu distro updates up to 8.04

Question information

Language:
English Edit question
Status:
Answered
For:
Ubuntu pulseaudio Edit question
Assignee:
No assignee Edit question
Last query:
Last reply:
Revision history for this message
Arnaudus (a-lerouzic) said : 		#1

This looks very similar to bug #254405. You might find advice in the bug comments.

Revision history for this message
Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#2

I use Hardy 8.04 with pulseaudio and package 'libflashsupport', but I don't have flashplugin-nonfree, because of 64bit, I use Adobe. No problems here running separate apps at the same time.

btw. YouTube videos can also be watched with Totem. Sidebar - dropdown list - YouTube

Reference:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843012
http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/TroubleShooting

Revision history for this message
Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

Correct link of bug 254405
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/254405

Can you help with this problem?

Provide an answer of your own, or ask simon for more information if necessary.

To post a message you must log in.