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rhythmbox package

No sound, 'stream contains no data'

Asked by solissydney

Using Rhythmbox and others, vol at max, no sound on boot, using auto detect, tried Alsa, tried PCM setting. works with windows. ???
Testing using Alsa message is: could not open audio device for playback (CD) used by another device.

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said : 		#1

"stream contains no data" means the data is either corrupted or the codec isnt working correctly.

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solissydney (solissydney) said : 		#2

Thank you Shane.
What is codec, and what do I do about the proposed problem Shane?

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solissydney (solissydney) said : 		#3

OK,
I went on the web and found five different codec video files.
Dosn't the latest Ubuntu version have the correct video file?
Ken

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solissydney (solissydney) said : 		#4

Further to above,
I went to Application, and down loaded Gstreamer and MPlayer, but to no avail.
however, I now get the message: could not open audio device, device is being used by another application.
I shall continue to explore the problem
Ken

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solissydney (solissydney) said : 		#5

GOT IT!

Via application, the setting in "sound" in the first four lines was set to: Pulse Audio Sound Server,
 and the last line: "Default Mixer tracks" set to: Alsa PCM on Font:O (stack92xxAnalog
 I got sound!!!
A little perseverance (a lot actually) a whole day's work, but it was worth it, right?