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Date:      Thu, 19 Nov 2020 20:20:09 -0400
From:      Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com>
To:        byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Firefox - No audio
Message-ID:  <CAFuo_fwqK200bfdMBn783P5QJo=ng9Jzjgtb6HEfJ0crTM=PvA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:39 AM James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions
<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> FreeBSd-12.1p10
>
> Firefox-82.0.1.
>
> I have a system that has only basic VGA video on board and requires a separate
> video card for anything else.  The card installed is an Nvidia.  I had to
> switch the card from interrupt to polling in order to get a stable video player
> in Firefox.  But now Firefox provides no audio.
>
> On the same system both MPlayer and Chromium handle audio and video without
> problem.  But these also worked before I switched from interrupt to polling.
>
> The sysctl settings are:
>
> sysctl -a | grep snd
> device  snd_cmi
> device  snd_csa
> device  snd_emu10kx
> device  snd_es137x
> device  snd_hda
> device  snd_ich
> device  snd_via8233
> hw.snd.maxautovchans: 16
> hw.snd.default_unit: 2
> hw.snd.version: 2009061500/amd64
> hw.snd.default_auto: 1
> hw.snd.verbose: 0
> hw.snd.vpc_mixer_bypass: 1
> hw.snd.feeder_rate_quality: 1
> hw.snd.feeder_rate_round: 25
> hw.snd.feeder_rate_max: 2016000
> hw.snd.feeder_rate_min: 1
> hw.snd.feeder_rate_polyphase_max: 183040
> hw.snd.feeder_rate_presets: 100:8:0.85 100:36:0.92 100:164:0.97
> hw.snd.feeder_eq_exact_rate: 0
> hw.snd.feeder_eq_presets:
> PEQ:16000,0.2500,62,0.2500:-9,9,1.0:44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000
> hw.snd.basename_clone: 1
> hw.snd.compat_linux_mmap: 0
> hw.snd.syncdelay: -1
> hw.snd.usefrags: 0
> hw.snd.vpc_reset: 0
> hw.snd.vpc_0db: 45
> hw.snd.vpc_autoreset: 1
> hw.snd.timeout: 5
> hw.snd.latency_profile: 1
> hw.snd.latency: 2
> hw.snd.report_soft_matrix: 1
> hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1
>
>
> sysctl -a | grep hdac
> irq264: hdac0:143 @cpu0(domain0): 2412
> irq282: hdac1:179 @cpu0(domain0): 57
> dev.hdaa.1.%parent: hdacc1
> dev.hdaa.0.%parent: hdacc0
> dev.hdacc.1.%parent: hdac1
> dev.hdacc.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x10ec device=0x0892 revision=0x03 stepping=0x02
> dev.hdacc.1.%location: cad=0
> dev.hdacc.1.%driver: hdacc
> dev.hdacc.1.%desc: Realtek ALC892 HDA CODEC
> dev.hdacc.0.%parent: hdac0
> dev.hdacc.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x10de device=0x0051 revision=0x01 stepping=0x00
> dev.hdacc.0.%location: cad=0
> dev.hdacc.0.%driver: hdacc
> dev.hdacc.0.%desc: NVIDIA (0x0051) HDA CODEC
> dev.hdacc.%parent:
> dev.hdac.1.polling: 1
> dev.hdac.1.pindump: 0
> dev.hdac.1.%parent: pci12
> dev.hdac.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x1022 device=0x1457 subvendor=0x1849
> subdevice=0x7893 class=0x040300
> dev.hdac.1.%location: slot=0 function=3 dbsf=pci0:12:0:3
> handle=\_SB_.PCI0.GP18.AZAL
> dev.hdac.1.%driver: hdac
> dev.hdac.1.%desc: AMD (0x1457) HDA Controller
> dev.hdac.0.polling: 0
> dev.hdac.0.pindump: 0
> dev.hdac.0.%parent: pci10
> dev.hdac.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x10de device=0x0e0f subvendor=0x3842
> subdevice=0x3733 class=0x040300
> dev.hdac.0.%location: slot=0 function=1 dbsf=pci0:10:0:1
> dev.hdac.0.%driver: hdac
> dev.hdac.0.%desc: NVIDIA (0x0e0f) HDA Controller
> dev.hdac.%parent:
>
> Can anyone shed some light as to why Firefox, and apparently only Firefox, has
> such difficulties with the Nvida setup?  And provide some guidance on how to
> deal with them.
>
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I use NVidia graphics but not for sound.. You probably want to change
the hw.snd.default_unit

# sysctl hw.snd.default_unit= {the number of your audio device}
(as root)

You may have to restart Firefox. Or, if you use pulseaudio you can do
this without restarting Firefox.
# pulseaudio -k
(as regular user, not root)

% cat /dev/sndstat
Installed devices:
pcm0: <NVIDIA (0x0041) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
pcm1: <NVIDIA (0x0041) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
pcm2: <Realtek ALC292 (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> (play/rec)
pcm3: <Realtek ALC292 (Analog)> (play/rec)
pcm4: <USB audio> (play/rec) default
pcm5: <USB audio> (play/rec)

I always have to set mine to 4 after a reboot. It's possible to make
it stay that way, but it's a USB audio device that i sometimes don't
plug in. So I just do it manually.





-- 
Waitman Gobble



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