flashplugin precise sound

[Christopher]

I was having an issue with the Globe and Mail flash videos and installed the PP flashplugin. Since then, I have lost sound in other flash videos as well.

I checked a page I wrote in HTML5 with a non-flash embedded audio file and it runs just fine with good sound.
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC259 Analog [ALC259 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: chris 1466 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: chris 1466 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf2400000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC259'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,17aac012,00100100'
   Controls : 19
   Simple ctrls : 12
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Speaker'/'HOLTEK AudioHub Speaker at usb-0000:00:12.0-1.2.4, full speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:0a0e'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Limits: Playback 0 - 51
   Mono: Playback 39 [76%] [-7.00dB] [on]
Card2.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:2 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xf2310000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card2.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110803.1)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: alsa-driver (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-3.8-generic 3.2.0-rc4
Tags: precise running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-3-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-07 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 36CN19WW(V2.05)
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Guam
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr36CN19WW(V2.05):bd09/07/2010:svnLENOVO:pn4311:pvrIdeaPadZ565:rvnLENOVO:rnGuam:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: 4311
dmi.product.version: IdeaPad Z565
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

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[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

It's a moot point at the moment as I just had a partial upgrade that removed the flashplugin installer and I can't get it back as ndiswrapper will not be installed.

I trust this is a temporary situation, as antiquated as it is, most websites still use iframes and flash rather than the far simpler HTML5.

I expect they would still use stone knives and bearskins if they could.

[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

Flash video is back but still not the audio. With an extension I can download the flash movies and see/hear them perfectly with the gnome media player plugin as is or converted to an mp4.

Chromium and Epiphany share the same issue, so the only common denominator appears to be flashplugin.

[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

I'm attaching a short, unmodified .ogv file as an example.

[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

...and the same captured in 11.10 on a 32 bit partition. The live sound is of better quality.

[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

The audio started working again after this morning's updates. I didn't see anything in particular that may have solved this bug, but solved it is, at least for me.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for alsa-driver (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]