vlc not playing any sound

naseweis · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:26 pm Post subject: vlc not playing any sound

The output generated looks something like this with all different output devices (OSS/alsa/sdl/..)

avalanche · Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:26 pm Post subject:

Same problem here. I'm running the 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 kernel on an amd64.
mplayer plays sound as exspected.

celloandy · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:36 am Post subject:

I also have this problem. When I run VLC from the command line, I get:

borkdox · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 123

[RESURRECTION]

I also have this problem, any solution yet??

legatodnl · n00b Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 20

I get the same error. I'm also amd 64 with alsa. Wouldn't know where to begin to solving this problem tho.

Dan

toddles13 · n00b Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 72 Location: Jafaland NZ

USE="matroska" emerge -v vlc
Worked for me

Soltek K8tpro alc850 alsa (amd64bit)

tgnb · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:48 am Post subject:

adding matroska to the use flags did not work for me

Deep-VI · n00b Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 18

Weird, I had the exact same problem - sound worked for all media types except DVD. After compiling in a52 and ffmpeg support, it started working (I had to use ~x86 ffmpeg due to the x86 branch version not compiling). But I see you have that built in already.

My flags for vlc:

Keffin · Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:17 am Post subject:

ichief · n00b Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Posts: 8

I am having the same problem with DVD audio as the original post on this page. I have tried using the latest (~amd64) version of ffmpeg, but the video stopped working so I reverted back. Mplayer is able to play DVD audio without a problem, so I get the hunch that this may have to do with the library names...a52dec is the package that is currently used and previously it was liba52. Even though I am using the +a52 use flag, I don't think it actually triggers anything in the ebuild...can anyone confirm this?

Thanks.

honigsalz · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject:

i had also the problem, that vlc wouldn't play any sound with dvd's. i now re-emerged it with +a52 use-flag and everything works nice

MorLipf · Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject:

A also get the error described in the first post. I have already set the USE-Flags +a52 +matroska and +ffmpeg, but after I re-emerged vlc thee problem isn't gone.
Furthermore I deleted all vlc config-files but this hasn't any effect. How can I solve this problem? Is there any USE-Flag I need which isn't mentioned above?

The DJ · n00b Joined: 06 Nov 2002 Posts: 74

+a52 is required for the codec used on DVDs
+mad is required to decode mp3

MorLipf · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject:

I have both options in my use-flags, but it doesn't work...

steveg3152 · n00b Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 9

I'm having the same issue, has anyone figured it out?

omelet · n00b Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 10

it is possible that you have not configured vlc correctly to play your audio.

You might need to specify the alsa device name under audio output in the modules seciton of preferences. For mine I put "hw:1,0" instead of leaving it as "default" and it started working.