Issues with sound in OpenSuSE 13.1 64 bit GNOME

Hi all,

I have installed and configured my home desktop with OpenSuSE 13.1 GNOME 64 bits recently. I have installed most of the known packages from software manager to enable most popular formats of audio/video. I am facing two issues now. First one the default media player Totem cant most of the restricted formats. VLC/smplayer does, but it plays these files well except audio silence in between few seconds. Its like the video song is being played, only sound goes down and then automatically comes back. Net to net not very usable. This is the second issue.

I have gone through the instructions given in this forum multimedia section https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/multimedia/309430-welcome-multimedia-sub-area.html. The outputs are here below. Any help from your side in fixing this issue will be highly appreciated.

ganeshp@anuganesh-desktop1:~> rpm -qa '*alsa*'
alsa-firmware-1.0.27-2.1.2.noarch
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.27-3.1.1.x86_64
alsa-utils-1.0.27.2-4.2.1.x86_64
alsa-devel-1.0.27.2-3.2.1.x86_64
alsa-1.0.27.2-3.2.1.x86_64
alsa-oss-32bit-1.0.25-8.1.2.x86_64
alsa-plugins-1.0.27-3.1.1.x86_64
alsa-oss-1.0.25-8.1.2.x86_64


 ganeshp@anuganesh-desktop1:~> rpm -qa '*pulse*'
pulseaudio-module-lirc-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.27-3.1.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-x11-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
libpulse-devel-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
libpulse0-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
libxine2-pulse-1.2.3-3.1.3.x86_64
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-gconf-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64


ganeshp@anuganesh-desktop1:~> rpm -q libasound2
libasound2-1.0.27.2-3.2.1.x86_64
ganeshp@anuganesh-desktop1:~> uname -a
Linux anuganesh-desktop1 3.11.6-4-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 30 18:04:56 UTC 2013 (e6d4a27) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


ganeshp@anuganesh-desktop1:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf

options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
# WL76.6xzzI5M1_AF:MCP73 High Definition Audio
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

Here is the listing of file alsa-info.txt.5nyJaJeBLv.

http://pastebin.com/tWHubNmh

Regards
Ganesh

ganeshmallyap wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have installed and configured my home desktop with OpenSuSE 13.1 GNOME
> 64 bits recently. I have installed most of the known packages from
> software manager to enable most popular formats of audio/video. I am
> facing two issues now. First one the default media player Totem cant
> most of the restricted formats. VLC/smplayer does, but it plays these
> files well except audio silence in between few seconds. Its like the
> video song is being played, only sound goes down and then automatically
> comes back. Net to net not very usable. This is the second issue.
>
> I have gone through the instructions given in this forum multimedia
> section http://tinyurl.com/asn4k9l. The outputs are here below. Any
> help from your side in fixing this issue will be highly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> ganeshp@anuganesh-desktop1:~> rpm -qa ‘alsa
> alsa-firmware-1.0.27-2.1.2.noarch
> alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.27-3.1.1.x86_64
> alsa-utils-1.0.27.2-4.2.1.x86_64
> alsa-devel-1.0.27.2-3.2.1.x86_64
> alsa-1.0.27.2-3.2.1.x86_64
> alsa-oss-32bit-1.0.25-8.1.2.x86_64
> alsa-plugins-1.0.27-3.1.1.x86_64
> alsa-oss-1.0.25-8.1.2.x86_64
>
>
> ganeshp@anuganesh-desktop1:~> rpm -qa ‘pulse
> pulseaudio-module-lirc-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
> pulseaudio-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
> alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.27-3.1.1.x86_64
> pulseaudio-module-x11-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
> libpulse-devel-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
> libpulse0-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
> libxine2-pulse-1.2.3-3.1.3.x86_64
> libpulse-mainloop-glib0-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
> pulseaudio-utils-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
> pulseaudio-module-gconf-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
> pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
> pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-4.0.git.270.g9490a-1.1.x86_64
>
>
> ganeshp@anuganesh-desktop1:~> rpm -q libasound2
> libasound2-1.0.27.2-3.2.1.x86_64
> ganeshp@anuganesh-desktop1:~> uname -a
> Linux anuganesh-desktop1 3.11.6-4-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 30 18:04:56 UTC 2013 (e6d4a27) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>
> ganeshp@anuganesh-desktop1:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf
>
> options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
> # WL76.6xzzI5M1_AF:MCP73 High Definition Audio
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
>
> --------------------
>
>
> Here is the listing of file alsa-info.txt.5nyJaJeBLv.
>
> http://pastebin.com/tWHubNmh
>
> Regards
> Ganesh
>
>
Run through this
https://forums.opensuse.org/blogs/caf4926/opensuse-13-1-multi-media-restricted-format-installation-guide-149/

GNOME 3.10.1
openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop

Hi vazhavandan,

I have tried the steps mentioned in this URL as well. My mistake, forgot to quote about this in my first post. Issue still exists.

Regards
Ganesh

First one the default media player Totem cant most of the
restricted formats.

Totem never really handled non -free formats well.

VLC/smplayer does, but it plays these files well except audio silence in
between few seconds. Its like the
video song is being played, only sound goes down and then automatically
comes back. Net to net not very usable. This is the second issue.

Did you play any other video file. They might be some problem with the
file itself. You can also try mplayer2 and gnome-mplayer

sudo zypper in mplayer2-as-mplayer gnome-mplayer


GNOME 3.10.1
openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop

Hello vazhavandan,

Thank you for your detailed clarification. The media files used by me are existing in my hard drive for the past few years and known to be working fine till last week. I switched from Debian Wheezy to OpenSuSE last week, from then I have this issue.

I have followed your instructions on mplayer2. Following is the screen extract. But I see that the issue is still there.

anuganesh-desktop1:/home/ganeshp # zypper in mplayer2-as-mplayer gnome-mplayer
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

Problem: mplayer2-as-mplayer-20130427-3.6.x86_64 conflicts with MPlayer provided by MPlayer-1.1.1+r36500-6.1.x86_64
 Solution 1: Following actions will be done:
  deinstallation of MPlayer-1.1.1+r36500-6.1.x86_64
  deinstallation of smplayer-0.8.6-2.1.x86_64
  deinstallation of h264enc-9.7.6-139.1.noarch
  deinstallation of gmplayer-1.1.1+r36500-6.1.x86_64
  deinstallation of smplayer-skins-20130605-1.1.noarch
 Solution 2: do not install mplayer2-as-mplayer-20130427-3.6.x86_64

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c): 1
Resolving dependencies...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following NEW packages are going to be installed:
  gnome-mplayer libgmlib1 libgmtk1 libmusicbrainz3-6 mplayer2 
  mplayer2-as-mplayer 

The following packages are going to be REMOVED:
  gmplayer h264enc MPlayer smplayer smplayer-skins 

6 new packages to install, 5 to remove.
Overall download size: 1.4 MiB. After the operation, 27.6 MiB will be freed.
Continue? [y/n/? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package libgmlib1-1.0.8-1.2.x86_64
                                           (1/6),  24.9 KiB ( 61.3 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: libgmlib1-1.0.8-1.2.x86_64.rpm ...............................[done]
Retrieving package mplayer2-20130427-3.6.x86_64
                                           (2/6), 907.8 KiB (  2.3 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: mplayer2-20130427-3.6.x86_64.rpm ................[done (43.8 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package libgmtk1-1.0.8-1.2.x86_64
                                           (3/6),  58.9 KiB (164.0 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: libgmtk1-1.0.8-1.2.x86_64.rpm ...................[done (23.0 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package mplayer2-as-mplayer-20130427-3.6.x86_64
                                             (4/6),   5.7 KiB (    0 B unpacked)
Retrieving: mplayer2-as-mplayer-20130427-3.6.x86_64.rpm ..................[done]
Retrieving package libmusicbrainz3-6-3.0.3-16.1.3.x86_64
                                           (5/6), 106.0 KiB (429.9 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: libmusicbrainz3-6-3.0.3-16.1.3.x86_64.rpm .......[done (91.9 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package gnome-mplayer-1.0.8-1.3.x86_64
                                           (6/6), 336.3 KiB (  1.3 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: gnome-mplayer-1.0.8-1.3.x86_64.rpm ..............[done (19.9 KiB/s)]
( 1/11) Removing gmplayer-1.1.1+r36500-6.1 ...............................[done]
( 2/11) Removing h264enc-9.7.6-139.1 .....................................[done]
( 3/11) Removing smplayer-skins-20130605-1.1 .............................[done]
( 4/11) Removing smplayer-0.8.6-2.1 ......................................[done]
( 5/11) Removing MPlayer-1.1.1+r36500-6.1 ................................[done]
( 6/11) Installing: libgmlib1-1.0.8-1.2 ..................................[done]
( 7/11) Installing: mplayer2-20130427-3.6 ................................[done]
( 8/11) Installing: libgmtk1-1.0.8-1.2 ...................................[done]
( 9/11) Installing: mplayer2-as-mplayer-20130427-3.6 .....................[done]
(10/11) Installing: libmusicbrainz3-6-3.0.3-16.1.3 .......................[done]
(11/11) Installing: gnome-mplayer-1.0.8-1.3 ..............................[done]
There are some running programs that use files deleted by recent upgrade. You may wish to restart some of them. Run 'zypper ps' to list these programs.

???
Totem just uses gstreamer, if the appropriate codecs are installed (from Packman) it should work just fine.

What repos do you have now?

zypper lr -d

Did you follow one of the multimedia guides?
F.e.: Restricted formats/13.1 - openSUSE Community Wiki

Hello Wolfi,

Here is the repo list. Yes, I went through the tutorial link given in your reply and followed the instructions completely.

anuganesh-desktop1:/home/ganeshp # zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                                | Name                                                | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                               | Service
---+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | Packman Repository                   | Packman Repository                                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_13.1                           |        
 2 | download.opensuse.org-Apps           | openSUSE BuildService - GNOME:Apps                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Apps/openSUSE_13.1/              |        
 3 | download.opensuse.org-Community      | openSUSE BuildService - Mono:Community              | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Mono:/Community/openSUSE_13.1/          |        
 4 | download.opensuse.org-Education      | openSUSE BuildService - Education                   | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_13.1/                |        
 5 | download.opensuse.org-Extra          | openSUSE BuildService - KDE:Extra                   | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_13.1/               |        
 6 | download.opensuse.org-KDE3           | openSUSE BuildService - KDE:KDE3                    | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_13.1/                |        
 7 | download.opensuse.org-Stable         | openSUSE BuildService - LibreOffice                 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/Stable/openSUSE_13.1/      |        
 8 | download.opensuse.org-Virtualization | openSUSE BuildService - Virtualization (VirtualBox) | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization/openSUSE_13.1/           |        
 9 | download.opensuse.org-Wine           | openSUSE BuildService - Wine CVS Builds             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_13.1/          |        
10 | download.opensuse.org-database       | openSUSE BuildService - Database                    | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/openSUSE_13.1/         |        
11 | download.opensuse.org-filesystems    | openSUSE BuildService - filesystems                 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/filesystems/openSUSE_13.1/              |        
12 | download.opensuse.org-games          | openSUSE BuildService - Games                       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_13.1/                    |        
13 | download.opensuse.org-lxde           | openSUSE BuildService - LXDE                        | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/lxde/openSUSE_13.1/                |        
14 | download.opensuse.org-mozilla        | openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla                     | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_13.1/                  |        
15 | download.opensuse.org-oss            | Main Repository (DEBUG)                             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                    |        
16 | download.opensuse.org-oss_1          | Main Repository (Sources)                           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                   |        
17 | download.opensuse.org-perl           | openSUSE BuildService - devel:languages:perl        | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/perl/openSUSE_13.1/   |        
18 | download.opensuse.org-php            | openSUSE BuildService - PHP                         | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/php/openSUSE_13.1/              |        
19 | download.opensuse.org-python         | openSUSE BuildService - devel:languages:python      | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE_13.1/ |        
20 | download.opensuse.org-update         | Update Repository (DEBUG)                           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.1/                                   |        
21 | ftp.gwdg.de-suse                     | Packman Repository                                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_13.1/                          |        
22 | libdvdcss repository                 | libdvdcss repository                                | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/13.1/                                              |        
23 | openSUSE-13.1-1.10                   | openSUSE-13.1-1.10                                  | Yes     | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HL-DT-STDVD-RAM_GH22NS30,/dev/sr0              |        
24 | opensuse-guide.org-repo              | libdvdcss repository                                | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/13.1/                                              |        
25 | repo-debug                           | openSUSE-13.1-Debug                                 | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                    |        
26 | repo-debug-update                    | openSUSE-13.1-Update-Debug                          | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.1/                                   |        
27 | repo-debug-update-non-oss            | openSUSE-13.1-Update-Debug-Non-Oss                  | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.1-non-oss/                           |        
28 | repo-non-oss                         | openSUSE-13.1-Non-Oss                               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.1/repo/non-oss/                      |        
29 | repo-oss                             | openSUSE-13.1-Oss                                   | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                          |        
30 | repo-source                          | openSUSE-13.1-Source                                | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                   |        
31 | repo-update                          | openSUSE-13.1-Update                                | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.1/                                         |        
32 | repo-update-non-oss                  | openSUSE-13.1-Update-Non-Oss                        | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.1-non-oss/

Regards
Ganesh

wolfi323 wrote:
>
> vazhavandan;2604250 Wrote:
>> Totem never really handled non -free formats well.
>>
> ???
> Totem just uses gstreamer, if the appropriate codecs are installed (from
> Packman) it should work just fine.
>
>
Totem does play them but “seek” when playing and other functions don’t
work well in Totem. Other player like mplayer do a better job at playing
various media files.


GNOME 3.10.1
openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop

Well, “other players” like MPlayer (and its frontends), xine (and its frontends, like Kaffeine), and VLC, don’t use gstreamer, and thus may behave differently of course.

If gstreamer has such a bug it should be reported and fixed, though.
But that doesn’t sound like the OP’s problem really…

Hm, your repo list doesn’t look like it should cause such a problem… :wink:

Do you have “gstreamer-plugins-ugly-orig-addon” installed? That one covers some restricted formats you may be unable to play.

Which formats are you actually talking about?

You may try to disable PulseAudio, maybe that would help with your general audio problems?
YaST->Hardware->Sound->Other->PulseAudio Configuration

Hi all,

Today morning I have received few updates to pulse audio packages. Good part is sound issue I was facing has vanished after the update. Thanks for all your support.

Regards
Ganesh