Flash has no audio since upgrade to Gutsy

[nitewing98]

With Feisty I had audio working with Flash video in Firefox, but since upgrading to Gutsy I no longer have audio in Flash. Amarok works fine and stuff, just have problems with "browser video."

Looks like the upgrade involved Flash 9, I thought I was using 7 or something. Can anyone help me figure out what broke?

[Rog131]

Re: Flash has no audio since upgrade to Gutsy

Are you using flashplugin-nonfree or gnash ? What tells aboutlugins in the url line ?

about: URI scheme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About:_URI_scheme

about: is an internal URI scheme (also known as a "URL scheme" or, erroneously, "protocol") in various web browsers to display certain built-in functions and Easter eggs.

flashplugin-nonfree

This package will download the Flash Player from Adobe. It is a
Netscape/Mozilla type plugin. Any browser based on Netscape or Mozilla can
use the Flash plugin. This package currently supports the following browsers:
Mozilla, Mozilla-Firefox, Firefox, Iceweasel, and Iceape. Also Galeon and
Epiphany can use the Flash plugin. Konqueror can also use the Flash plugin if
konqueror-nsplugins is installed.

gnash

free SWF movie player
Gnash is a free Flash movie player, which works either standalone, or as
plugin for Firefox/Mozilla or Konqueror. Currently it is in a alpha state.
The plugins are under heavy development at this time.

Feisty has Adobe flash 9.0.48 and Gnash 0.7.2
Gutsy has Adobe flash 9.0.48 and Gnash 0.8.1

Adobe test:
Test Adobe Shockwave & Flash Players
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/


About sound.

Stream info from one flash clip:
Stream 0
Type: Video
Codec: FLV1

Stream 1
Type: Audio
Codec: mp3

Do you have kubuntu-restricted-extras - Commonly used restricted packages.

This package depends on some commonly used packages in the Kubuntu
multiverse repository.

Installing this package will pull in support for MP3 playback and decoding,
Java runtime environment, Flash plugin, DVD playback, and LAME (to create
compressed audio files).

Please note that packages from multiverse are restricted by copyright
or legal issues in some countries. See
http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/licensing
for more information.

[tlayton_at_work]

Re: Flash has no audio since upgrade to Gutsy

Try removing/renaming ~/.asoundrc, then restart FF.

That worked for me.

[nitewing98]

Re: Flash has no audio since upgrade to Gutsy

Thanks for the quick responses!

I tried re-installing the flash plugin, no help there. I also installed the restricted extras, again, no effect.

HOWEVER - removing .asoundrc worked!

Thanks a lot! I can now watch youtube! (woo hoo)