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From: Toby Newman
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: No radio...bereft
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:00:01 +0000
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On 2007-02-15, peter@invalid.com wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:00:01 +0000, Toby Newman
> wrote:
>
>>On 2007-02-15, Seaside Peter wrote:
>>> Running 6.10, with RealPlayer installed. I've never had trouble listening
>>> to BBC radio using standalone realplayer through Firefox.
>>>
>>> Recently I had to do a new install (a change of hard drive). Sound works
>>> perfectly - except for radio. Realplayer says buffering, then says
>>> playing - but it's not.
>>>
>>> I've googled the problem, and installed everything I can think of. Firefox
>>> has all the relevant helix/ realplayer plugins installed and enabled -
>>> still no luck.
>>>
>>> What am I missing?
>>
>>I don't think firefox honours your default sound card. I have two cards,
>>and Firefox uses my 2nd non-default one when I view noisy websites
>>(flash, usually) rather than using the one KDE considers the default.
>>Do you have two soundcards?
>
> Sort of...there's an onboard VIA card which I've disabled in BIOS, but
> which Gnome still 'sees'. Amorak etc use my external USB soundcard.
How unusual. Are you certain it's disabled?
> How do you configure FF's use of soundcard?
I'm afraid I don't know.
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