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Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly)

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On 04/01/2017 05:41 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 03/31/2017 02:56 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>
>>> How can I get sound continuously with mpd and mpv without the card being
>>> seemingly dropped please?
>>
>> Are you using pulseaudio and have you installed pavucontrol?? Run alsamixer, make sure your
>> soundcard is not muted and the sound level up to 80% or better. What are you using to provide
>> speakers? Switched on/plugged in?? Desktop or Laptop? Speakers external (powered or not powered) or
>> internal? Unless you have some speaker-out/audio-out issue, where it doesn't sense/switch correctly
>> when you have only one audio jack. you >should< have audio. If we can't get it fixed, get a USB
>> sound device. But, let's try to fix first. Ric
>
> Thanks for replying Ric.
>
> And thank you, thank you, thank you! I hadn't got 'pavucontrol'
> installed, soon remedied, but I've now got sound back through it!
>
> I'd always thought that I was using ALSA, but apparently not. But
> 'pavucontrol' is the missing link in my sound setup.
>
> But to answer your general questions, *all* sound goes through my
> headphones, and its a desktop machine, even though the machine is
> actually sitting under my desk :). And the only speakers are my
> headphones.

Great! The deal is that pulse sits on top of alsa. If alsa not workie, 
pulse is dead in the water. So, as a general rule, use alsamixer first 
to see if something is muted. If so, unmute it and set sound to about 80%.
THEN use pavucontrol to finish your sound setup. That was all you 
needed. What blows my mind is why this happens so frequently and 
pavucontrol is not a "depend" on pulseaudio. Your problem occurs 
frequently without pavucontrol being automagically installed to use. 
Glad to be of assistance! Ric


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Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> - 2017-03-31 21:00 +0200
  Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> - 2017-04-01 11:50 +0200
    Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> - 2017-04-02 07:10 +0200
      Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2017-04-02 10:10 +0200
        Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> - 2017-04-02 19:20 +0200
          Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2017-04-08 07:30 +0200
            Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2017-04-08 09:30 +0200
              Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-04-08 10:50 +0200
                Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2017-04-08 13:20 +0200
                Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2017-04-18 04:40 +0200
                Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-04-18 16:40 +0200
            Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> - 2017-04-08 23:50 +0200
  Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-04-05 17:10 +0200
    Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2017-04-05 23:50 +0200
      Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly) Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2017-04-06 12:20 +0200

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