On 21/07/17 00:22, Erik Christiansen via luv-main wrote:
On 20.07.17 23:32, Steve Roylance via luv-main wrote:
hi
from firefox 52 onwards only pulseaudio is in the compiled release alsa can be activated by compiling a local version of firefox with
ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio ac_add_options --enable-alsa in the firefox-mozconfig file
the alsa driver will be dropped from the source at some stage
Hi Steve,
That's interesting, but I'm still catching up. Are you saying that pulseaudio does not work, and thus is the most likely cause of no audio on the hdmi with firefox 52.2.0 on debian 9.0.0?
And if pulseaudio is the problem, then why is it that the alsa driver will be dropped?
I'd thought that I'd just missed some install/config step. It beggars belief that debian 9.0.0 would be released with a firefox from the silent movies era - and still not be fixed. =8-O
Clicking on "Sound & Video" -> "PulseAudio Volume Control" shows "Firefox AudioStream" to be at 46% (-20.25 db). Holy smokes! that's 3/5 of BA. I cranked it up to 100%, which is still only 0 dB, but still no sound. The VU-meter bar under that control is flapping about vigorously, so there's audio coming from firefox - it's just stuck in there.
The "Output Devices" tab provides two options at "Port": Speakers Headphones (unplugged)
That's hopefully just a distraction, because hdmi is only hdmi when it has audio.
It's late. Mañana.
Erik hi
for firefox from v52 onwards pulseaudio should work and it is the preferred linux sound system alsa & jack don't work and need a locally built from source version of firefox I use jack so I need the alsa system until the native jack is fixed Steve