Fedora 11: Complete guide to fix PulseAudio and video/audio VLC Media Player issues - Page 5

grimsbyguy · #61 12th August 2009, 12:50 AM

Silpheed2k:
Excellent instructions. Cured all my problems on Fedora 11 on a fresh install. Don't know how I could have done it without your guide. Thank you very much!

squirtmph · #62 12th August 2009, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tdcrooks

Epic. Immediately eliminated the 5 - 10 secs of audio choppyness when starting an mp3 file. Thanks!

Here are mine:

; default-fragments = 4
; default-fragment-size-msec = 25

Silpheed2K · #63 12th August 2009, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by psyklops

I found that by changing the entries in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf to

Code:

; default-fragments = 5
; default-fragment-size-msec = 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirtmph

Here are mine:

; default-fragments = 4
; default-fragment-size-msec = 25

You all have to remove the semicolons from in front of the statements in order for the settings to work.
A semicolon in front of the statement means it's commented out and wont be used at all.
so it has to be

Quote:

default-fragment-size-msec = 10

not

Quote:

; default-fragment-size-msec = 10

in order for any changes made to work.

squirtmph · #64 13th August 2009, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silpheed2K

You all have to remove the semicolons from in front of the statements in order for the settings to work.
A semicolon in front of the statement means it's commented out and wont be used at all.
so it has to be

not

in order for any changes made to work.

I have glad you come back and help us with the setting, I guess we all had it wronge on th first place.
But now we do have it , the way suppose to be, now!

Thank you, once again

terrytibbs · #65 13th August 2009, 05:46 PM

Thanks for writing this guide.

I am still having problems. I am getting a crackling distorted sound when using Youtube and audio CD’s on VLC.

I have Fedora 11 on VMWare 2.0. I have XP also running in a VM which does have normal sound.

My card is a Realtek HD and shows as an ES1371 (AudioPCI-97) in System > Preferences > Sound.

I don’t want to hog this thread so am happy to start a new one if asked.

I have been trying for hours to get this working, so any help would be appreciated.

I did a yum update this morning and then followed this guide. That’s pretty much where I’m up to.

Dead1nside · #66 13th August 2009, 07:13 PM

You were right about the commented out lines in the config file, I hadn't correctly followed your guide. I apologise.

Spotify now works really well, no what sound like buffering issues, plays perfect.

However my volume issue (being near silent at <=60%) is still present, I think that's separate.

Thanks for the great guide.

Silpheed2K · #67 13th August 2009, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terrytibbs

Thanks for writing this guide.

I am still having problems. I am getting a crackling distorted sound when using Youtube and audio CD’s on VLC.

I have Fedora 11 on VMWare 2.0. I have XP also running in a VM which does have normal sound.

My card is a Realtek HD and shows as an ES1371 (AudioPCI-97) in System > Preferences > Sound.

I don’t want to hog this thread so am happy to start a new one if asked.

I have been trying for hours to get this working, so any help would be appreciated.

I did a yum update this morning and then followed this guide. That’s pretty much where I’m up to.

did you go all the way through the guide? did you edit the various config files as root? made sure there weren't any semicolons in front of the statements in daemon.conf? is pulseaudio running in the background? what did you exactly do? you gave a good amount of details, but run down those questions and tell me a bit more about it. (since it can sometimes be difficult to solve an audio problem)

nothingman76 · #68 13th August 2009, 10:26 PM

Hi,
thanks for your detailed guide!
Can someone explain why it's only vlc that is chopping while amarok, drangon-play kaffeine don't have any problem ?
And why vlc is chopping only a the begining of the file and then it plays without any distortion ?
I'm just curious...

--
Nothingman

VernDog · #69 13th August 2009, 10:31 PM

Thank you for this great guide. It has been a god sent! It's nice to know I'm not alone.

terrytibbs · #70 14th August 2009, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silpheed2K

did you go all the way through the guide? did you edit the various config files as root? made sure there weren't any semicolons in front of the statements in daemon.conf? is pulseaudio running in the background? what did you exactly do? you gave a good amount of details, but run down those questions and tell me a bit more about it. (since it can sometimes be difficult to solve an audio problem)

Yes, I went all the way through the guide. I have even put a fresh Fedora 11 install in a VM, did a yum update and followed the guide again.

Still no sound. Not even any crackling or distortion.

The daemon is running, all line out's are unmuted and at 90% volume.

I am really not sure what else it can be!

When I play a Youtube clip, the PulseAudio Volume Meter DOES show signal levels for the ES1371 (Audio-pci97).

It really does appear the sound is muted? I have triple checked all the settings.

This is my card, I'll happily post any more info if it helps;

Code:

[root@vhost3 terry]# cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [AudioPCI       ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI
                      Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0x2080, irq 16

I also see this reported in /var/log/messages;

Code:

Aug 14 00:01:31 vhost3 pulseaudio[2029]: ratelimit.c: 459 events suppr
essed
Aug 14 00:01:36 vhost3 pulseaudio[2029]: ratelimit.c: 472 events suppr
essed
Aug 14 00:14:02 vhost3 pulseaudio[2029]: reserve-wrap.c: Failed to acq
uire reservation lock on device 'Audio0': Input/output error
Aug 14 00:14:03 vhost3 pulseaudio[2029]: ratelimit.c: 434 events suppr
essed
Aug 14 00:14:08 vhost3 pulseaudio[2029]: ratelimit.c: 499 events suppr
essed
Aug 14 00:14:13 vhost3 pulseaudio[2029]: ratelimit.c: 485 events suppr
essed

Thanks

Silpheed2K · #71 14th August 2009, 01:19 AM

My guess is that it would probably be the audio profile settings in PulseAudio Volume Control under the Configuration tab

terrytibbs · #72 14th August 2009, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silpheed2K

My guess is that it would probably be the audio profile settings in PulseAudio Volume Control under the Configuration tab

Well it looks like a possible bug in VMware Server 2.0.

I am 49% way through downloading Fedora 10 so I can test it on VMware server 2.0.

I SHOULD get some sound then!! Apparently PulseAudio was re-written from Fedora 11 alpha?

I found this link that describes my problem, the bug was closed as an issue with VMware 2.0.

I'll let you know if it works!

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494747

M4rc0 · #73 15th August 2009, 12:22 AM

Thank you Silpheed2K !

I practically gave up on VLC. My favorite player is XINE for videos (and supports my remote!).
But now I'll reconsider and use them both.

VLC working good is neat.

robertdaleweir · #74 15th August 2009, 04:25 AM

Hi Silpheed2k
I cannot tell you how helpful this Tutorial on Pulse Audio and VLC have been to me. I use Rhythmbox and VLC and without these two apps I would seek a new distro.
You have, through your extreme effort helped a lot of people make Fedora a better experience. Thank you...

squirtmph · #75 16th August 2009, 02:53 AM

I have find few command line, the one I am looking for: load-module module-hal-detect
and replace the line: load-module module-hal-detect tsched=0

1. ----->these drivers manually, but instead use module-hal-detect --

2 ---->..ifexists module-hal-detect.so
load-module module-hal-detect
.else

3. ---->load-module module-detect
.endif

witch one is the one I have to change?

Thank you