Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:58:48 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@siemens.com> To: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash player sound solution Message-ID: <20050313165848.GA44779@curry.mchp.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <200503122221.35745.krinklyfig@spymac.com> References: <20050312134243.65565.qmail@web81708.mail.yahoo.com> <200503122221.35745.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
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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
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