Sound disappeared from VLC and Rhythmbox

[joneall]

I was having problems with Amarok sound and was using VLC to test the files. VLC had no pbs. That is at

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...seen#msg216719

I then installed Rhythmbox, but it could not import mp3 files and clearly needed some other packages, so I did

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-good

(Why "good" and "bad"...?) Now Rhythmbox does not complain about mp3 files, but neither it nor VLC have any sound. This is worse.

This is extraordinarily frustrating. What to do, please?

[vinnywright]

Re: Sound disappeared from VLC and Rhythmbox

witch KDE ver. are you using and just how did you install Rhythmbox?

hear on KDE 4.3.3 and Amarok-2.2.2 and Rhythmbox-0.12.5 and VLC-1.0.2

all play and function fine.

adding Rhythmbox with Kpackagekit synaptic or apt-get shuld have puled in eney dependenseys neaded allthough Kpackagekit may have mised something........mabey

I would check the chanels in kmix and the audio setings in systemsetings>multimedia first then go from thare

VINNY

[joneall]

Re: Sound disappeared from VLC and Rhythmbox

I'm in Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic with KDE 4.3.2. Whatever is there was installed either at the initial installation or later with apt-get. I haven't used Adept in months.

If Kmix is good for amarok, I don't see why it would not be for VLC. Also, it worked before I started screwing around with gstreamer packages. So I strongly suspect a package problem. But how to investigate that sort of thing?

Thanks for your suggestions.

[mudlark]

Re: Sound disappeared from VLC and Rhythmbox

I lost sound recently with vlc so i tried on commandline

vlc --audio

The sound has returned and kaffeine and amarok still work??