Comprehensive Multimedia & Video Howto

[tyk]

much much thanks

[Lalapalooza]

Haha that's the one. You should be okay now.

Regarding your speakers, Hardy uses the PulseAudio sound server by default, which I've read can be a pain (for now) with multiple speakers. You may have more luck with ALSA, which you can select in System > Preferences > Sound, instead of Auto Detect. You may have to tell non-GNOME applications (VLC, MPlayer for example) that you're now using ALSA. You can do that in their preferences.

You may need to reboot.

Nathan

Do I need to delete that line or leave it alone?

Thanks again!

[ubuntu-freak]

No problem (both of you).

Nathan

[ubuntu-freak]

Do I need to delete that line or leave it alone?

Thanks again!

Yeah, of course. I did actually say before that post to remove any Debian lines. I doubt it's done any harm though, Etch packages are old and would be ignored by Ubuntu. But yeah, Debian repos are for Debian, so remove it.

Nathan

[owl]

Thanks a lot! really comprehensive tutorial! Helped me a lot, very good piece of work!

[Th3Professor]

Any help available on the microphone?

I've been through various threads, how-to pages, etc. on microphones and nothing has resulted with a working mic.

[ubuntu-freak]

Any help available on the microphone?

I've been through various threads, how-to pages, etc. on microphones and nothing has resulted with a working mic.

It may only work if you explicitly select PulseAudio in System > Preferences > Sound, instead of Auto Detect. Failing that, select ALSA, but you will have to tell VLC and MPlayer (and other non-GNOME apps) that you're now using ALSA. You can do that in their preferences.

Nathan

[Th3Professor]

It may only work if you explicitly select PulseAudio in System > Preferences > Sound, instead of Auto Detect. Failing that, select ALSA, but you will have to tell VLC and MPlayer (and other non-GNOME apps) that you're now using ALSA. You can do that in their preferences.

Nathan

Thank you for the info.

I tried it, though no luck so far. Here's what I did and what happened...

System -> Preferences -> Sound
"Sound Preferences" window -> "Devices" tab -> "Audio Conferencing" ("Sound capture")

I selected "PulseAudio Sound Server" in the "Sound Capture" section.

I clicked on the "Test" button and heard a brief, though quiet, static signal. It didn't seem to respond to the microphone (tapping on it for example).

I opened the generic recording program "Sound Recorder" and hit record... nothing. There were no options for selecting AlsaMixer or anything else (other than lossy or lossless).

Maybe... should I try another way of testing it?

[steve allen]

Used this guide in 32 bit no probs.

However in 64 bit now and experiencing some probs with the following

s@lounge:~$ sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
No prebuilt binary available. Will try to build and install it.
You need to have debhelper and fakeroot installed.
If not, interrupt now, install them and rerun this script.

This is higly experimental, look out for what happens below.
If you want to stop, interrupt now (control-c), else press
return to proceed

s@lounge:~$ sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh
sudo: /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh: command not found
s@lounge:~$

I'm a bit lost and I don't feel like being highly experimental

regards

steve

[ubuntu-freak]

Used this guide in 32 bit no probs.

However in 64 bit now and experiencing some probs with the following

s@lounge:~$ sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
No prebuilt binary available. Will try to build and install it.
You need to have debhelper and fakeroot installed.
If not, interrupt now, install them and rerun this script.

This is higly experimental, look out for what happens below.
If you want to stop, interrupt now (control-c), else press
return to proceed

s@lounge:~$ sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh
sudo: /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh: command not found
s@lounge:~$

I'm a bit lost and I don't feel like being highly experimental

regards

steve

Don't worry about the warning.

Nathan