Strange sound problem in F11

[Paul W. Frields]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 01:21:41PM -0800, Mike Cloaked wrote:
> 
> 
> Mike Cloaked wrote:
> > 
> > I have a strange sound problem on an f11 box - 
> > 
> > I can play a .wav sound file just fine with aplay on the CLI. But if I try
> > to play the file with Dragon Player or try to set Kmail to play the sound
> > as an incoming mail alert then I get only the first half second or so of
> > the sound.  So maybe pulse is dying as it starts to play the file.
> > 
> > 
> 
> I gave up trying to fix the original problem but set the command to use
> paplay to play the .wav file from kmail - which does work.
> 
> Would be nice if the residual pulseaudio problems were fixed...

I wouldn't necessarily blame PulseAudio in this case.  If paplay
works, then your server's responding and processing fine.  It could be
the way that Dragon Player and/or Kmail are dealing with audio that
are the problem.

I usually first try to use a standard utility (paplay should be fine,
or Totem which keeps up with PulseAudio generally) first.  If that
works, I create a brand new user account to test whether my configs
are at fault with the different app I'm using.  If that doesn't work,
the app may be at fault.  If it does, the blame probably lies in my
user configuration.

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