Client Sound Update Rythmbox plays mp3 well. I haven't tried other codecs yet. Mplayer Got Mplayer working following the trust Fedora mplayer guide. <a href="http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mplayer-fedora.html#intro"> http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mplayer-fedora.html#intro</a> Had problems playing this rm file though. <a href="http://www.bkgoswami.com/realmedia/audio/Laugh_Therapy/Laughtherapy.rm">http://www.bkgoswami.com/realmedia/audio/Laugh_Therapy/Laughtherapy.rm </a> And now flash has lost its sound!!!!! How can I fix it? On 14/01/07, Krsnendu dasa <<a href="mailto:krsnendu108@gmail.com"> krsnendu108@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Goal: > I am doing a fresh install for the new year. This time as well as setting up > our children on K12ltsp I am trying to migrate our secretary. After the hard > drive failed on her windows computer I thought it would be a good time to do > it. > The secretary needs MS Office, MS Publisher, MYOB (accounting package), ASB > Fastnet Office. She also likes to listen to Realmedia lectures. She has been > using realplayer to do this > > Approach: > So we are trying Crossover Linux for the office apps. > If I can't get the tricky apps (MYOB, Publisher) to install with Crossover > Linux I will use Windows XP in VMware server. > I am thinking of using mplayer and mplayer plugin for media. Realplayer > would also be nice as that is what she is used to and I heard it is better > than Mplayer at playing realmedia files. > Also Flash 9 with sound. > > Results: > Flash sound: > I have already installed Flash 9 beta 2 using esd modification from > Jean-Michel Dault at Revolution Linux inc. It's working great so far. > > MS Office under Crossover Linux: > So far MS Office is OK (including MS Access) but I haven't figured our how > to get the Crossover linux sound to the clients. > When I add a sound to Powerpoint the sound works fine on the server when I > use alsa driver. The esd driver makes sounds on the server but then freezes > powerpoint. No sound at all on the clients. > > Openoffice > I also tried OpenOffice.impress to compare the sound. No luck there. It > seems you have to install a java applet to make it work. Don't know if if > works with remote sound. I've heard that in Ubuntu there is a gstreamer > version. That sounds more promising. > > Tuxmath, Tuxpaint, Gcompris have sound fine. So does Tuxtype2, and > Childsplay although they are not listed in the gnome menu and when started > they lead to "out of range" message on the monitor. > xmms works when esound is set for remote host: host name. > > All the K... educational games etc. have no sound. blinKen complained that > it couldn't open arts. > > I haven't installed Mplayer yet, but I know that it has native esd > capability so there shouldn't be any problem. > Also haven't tried VLC or totem with xine. > > > Summary: > Works: > Flash in Firefox, Tuxtype2, Tuxpaint, Tuxmath, Gcompris, Childsplay, xmms, > mplayer > Doesn't work yet. K... programs, MS Powerpoint under Crossover Linux, > <a href="http://Openoffice.org">Openoffice.org</a> Impress > Untested: Realplayer (v. 8 with esd) or (v. 10), VLC, Totem, Xine > > Hope this is useful for someone. Hopefully we can get more of the programs > to run with sound too. > > Krsnendu dasa >