sound kills when trying to view media

[harminoff]

Here is a strange issue I am having. When I load up boxee, I get all the menu sounds (clicking from changing menus and what)

If I try to watch a video, be it youtube or one from my hdd I get video but no audio. Even more strange is that the menu sounds are gone aswell.

I watched a trailer, waited for it to finish, and then tried going in the menu again, and still no sound.

Any suggestions?

[tsella]

how is your sound connected (analog, digital) what platform (linux, osx)?

[harminoff]

sorry should have included that.

I am running Ubuntu. I have both analog and digital connected to my receiver. Digital on video 1 and analog on video 2 just so I can test both.


6-channel AC’97 (Realtek ALC650E) using PulseAudio

[harminoff]

wait, is there a way to use PulseAudio instead of Alsa for movies/music? alsa doesn't work with my soundcard, and I notice in another thread that you strictly use that.

Should I remove pulseaudio and alsa and try using oss instead?

[tsella]

we are alsa only. to get it working with pulse, you may need to do http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=776739

[harminoff]

What should default audio device and passthrough be set at? I've tried default,iec958 and neither work. Both analog and digital.

Boxee is showing up in PulseAudio's control panel, bit now I don't get the menu beeps or video sound. Any tips?

[tsella]

you've tried the correct settings (default, iec958).

is your alsa setup to run via pulse (via asound.rc)? did you try the link from my previous post on the subject?

[harminoff]

Yes followed them exactly. and yes to everything else in yor po st.