HowTo: Fix Firefox Flash Sound Issues

[Old Pink]

Sometimes flash just doesn't produce sound, or you can find flash will "give up" playing sound after a given period. Use this fix to stop that.

Easy as pie.

Open terminal, and enter:

sudo aptitude install alsa-oss

Wait for the install to complete, before typing:

gksudo gedit /etc/firefox/firefoxrc

A file will open, and in the file you will see:

FIREFOX_DSP=”none”

Change this to:

FIREFOX_DSP=”aoss”

Hope this helps you all.

Update: I have been notified that this also works on Firefox clones/forks such as "Flock"

[Old Pink]

If this helps you, please leave a comment.

[frequenicity]

This is indeed the fix. Sound will still be slightly out of sync (most notable in streaming video after the initial 20 seconds or so...off by about 1/2 a second) but that, as far as I know, is out of our hands.

[brianC]

I can here again Ican hear agian..... just can't spell!!!!!

[rare HERO]

If this helps you, please leave a comment.

This did not work for me. I still have flash video but no audio after "upgrading" to 7.10

[PineGroveDave]

If this helps you, please leave a comment.

After upgrading to 7.10 I lost sound from Firefox. This recommended fix did the trick. Danke mein Freund!

[Trikaal]

The fix did work last time, but I have encountered the issue couple of times after it and it doesn't seem to have any effect now.

I am on 6.06 LTS - Dapper Drake

[3rr0r]

anyone know how to apply this fix to opera?

[telperion]

anyone know how to apply this fix to opera?

aoss opera

[mrgnash]

Didn't make any difference.