slint and vlc
Linux for blind general discussion
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Fri Jun 22 21:13:19 UTC 2018
Now I'm going to check vlc but did want to say putting the dmix line and
the dsnoop line in /etc/pulse/default.pa enabled orca to work. Speech
sounds like it's coming through a napkin held close to a comb when orca
starts up and when orca shuts down but once inside orca I think seems to
work. I set preferences and all that speech sounded clear but
environment outside of orca preferences seems a bit silent every so
often. Some parts of the desktop seem a little silent but I may be
typing too fast again. This machine has much more memory on it than the
old machine had so we shouldn't be having problems for lack of memory.
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:31:43
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: slint and vlc
>
> Hello Jude,
>
> The output of alsacap indicates that your card 0 is currently in use
> by orca or espeakup, as that's why it says:
> > Error opening sound device for card 0, device 0: Device or resource
> > busy. Skipping.
>
> This is a good thing, as currently if the HDMI card was the first one
> you would get no sound at all, unless you attach an audio equipment
> to the HDMI port.
>
> As an aside, in next Slint ISO this will be fixed as the working sound
> card will be probed during installation, but that's not the issue here.
>
> To investigate further I need to know the exact version of some
> packages. Please indicate their whole full name in /var/log/packages:
> espeak
> espeak-ng
> orca
> portaudio
> speech-dispatcher
>
> Also, please provide the content of /etc/asound.conf and the output of:
> grep dmix /etc/pulse/default.pa
> grep dsnoop /etc/pulse/default.pa
>
> To elaborate, if your system is up to date you should have an absent or
> empty /etc/asound.conf (commented lines put aside)
> and /etc/pulse/default.pa should include these two lines:
> load-module module-alsa-sink device=dmix
> load-module module-alsa-source device=dsnoop
>
> Best,
>
> Didier
>
> Le 21/06/2018 ? 16:35, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
> > Okay, here is alsacap output:
> > jude at taf:~$ alsacap
> > *** Scanning for playback devices ***
> > Card 0, ID `SB', name `HDA ATI SB'
> > Device 0, ID `ALC892 Analog', name `ALC892 Analog', 1 subdevices (0
> > available)
> > Error opening sound device for card 0, device 0: Device or resource
> > busy. Skipping.
> > Card 1, ID `NVidia', name `HDA NVidia'
> > Device 3, ID `HDMI 0', name `HDMI 0', 1 subdevices (1 available)
> > 2..8 channels, sampling rate 32000..192000 Hz
> > Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
> > Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
> > Device 7, ID `HDMI 1', name `HDMI 1', 1 subdevices (1 available)
> > 2..8 channels, sampling rate 32000..192000 Hz
> > Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
> > Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
> > j
> >
> > On Thu,
> > 21 Jun 2018, Linux for blind
> > general
> > discussion wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:09:17
> >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> >> Subject: Re: slint and vlc
> >>
> >> Then, my assumption is that the issue is having both alsa and
> >> pulseaudio working at the same time, which works now but not
> >> so well previously. I will make some tests myself on a previous version
> >> tomorrow (it's late here), but probably you need to upgrade Slint
> >> to the current version.
> >>
> >> Please tell if you tried both in a console (aka tty) and in a graphical
> >> environment, so that I can reproduce your situation.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Didier
> >>
> >>
> >> Le 21/06/2018 ? 00:54, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
> >>> Okay, I have sound with espeakup and orca. I do not use a braille
> >>> device.
> >>> On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:07:46
> >>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >>>> Subject: Re: slint and vlc
> >>>>
> >>>> Both work here, so there should be an issue with your sound settings
> >>>> or installation. Example:
> >>>>
> >>>> didier[~]$ play /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav
> >>>>
> >>>> /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav:
> >>>>
> >>>> File Size: 192k Bit Rate: 706k
> >>>> Encoding: Signed PCM
> >>>> Channels: 2 @ 16-bit
> >>>> Samplerate: 22050Hz
> >>>> Replaygain: off
> >>>> Duration: 00:00:02.18
> >>>>
> >>>> In:100% 00:00:02.18 [00:00:00.00] Out:48.1k [ | ] Clip:0
> >>>> Done.
> >>>> didier[~]$
> >>>>
> >>>> I did hear the "tune".
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you have sound with other apps, including espeakup and/or orca?
> >>>>
> >>>> I ask because you don't say if you use speech or a Braille device.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best,
> >>>>
> >>>> Didier
> >>>>
> >>>> Le 20/06/2018 ? 23:55, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
> >>>>> A little more background, I haven't been able to get
> >>>>> /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav to play with aplay or play or paplay.
> >>>>> No error returns but neither does any sound.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:55:15
> >>>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >>>>>> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: slint and vlc
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Le 20/06/2018 ? 20:38, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
> >>>>>>> I have an old version of slint running on the new computer. What I am
> >>>>>>> curious about is if vlc can play any url or local files on the machine
> >>>>>>> once downloaded. So far it doesn't on this older version of slint.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> That's weird, vlc should play pretty much any file, local or remote.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The version of Slint shouldn't matter at all.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> >From "vlc -h":
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> <quoted text begins below>
> >>>>>> Usage: vlc [options] [stream] ...
> >>>>>> You can specify multiple streams on the commandline.
> >>>>>> They will be enqueued in the playlist.
> >>>>>> The first item specified will be played first.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Options-styles:
> >>>>>> --option A global option that is set for the duration of the program.
> >>>>>> -option A single letter version of a global --option.
> >>>>>> :option An option that only applies to the stream directly before it
> >>>>>> and that overrides previous settings.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Stream MRL syntax:
> >>>>>> [[access][/demux]://]URL[#[title][:chapter][-[title][:chapter]]]
> >>>>>> [:option=value ...]
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Many of the global --options can also be used as MRL specific :options.
> >>>>>> Multiple :option=value pairs can be specified.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> URL syntax:
> >>>>>> file:///path/file Plain media file
> >>>>>> http://host[:port]/file HTTP URL
> >>>>>> ftp://host[:port]/file FTP URL
> >>>>>> mms://host[:port]/file MMS URL
> >>>>>> screen:// Screen capture
> >>>>>> dvd://[device] DVD device
> >>>>>> vcd://[device] VCD device
> >>>>>> cdda://[device] Audio CD device
> >>>>>> udp://[[<source address>]@[<bind address>][:<bind port>]]
> >>>>>> UDP stream sent by a streaming server
> >>>>>> vlc://pause:<seconds> Pause the playlist for a certain time
> >>>>>> vlc://quit Special item to quit VLC
> >>>>>> <end of quoted text>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Doesn't this syntax work for you?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Here (but I don't think that the VLC version matter either):
> >>>>>> didier[~]$ LANG=en_US.utf8 vlc --version
> >>>>>> VLC media player 2.2.8 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9)
> >>>>>> VLC version 2.2.8 Weatherwax (2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9)
> >>>>>> Compiled by root on stable.slint.net (Jan 18 2018 00:49:03)
> >>>>>> Compiler: gcc version 5.3.0 (GCC)
> >>>>>> This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> >>>>>> You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;
> >>>>>> see the file named COPYING for details.
> >>>>>> Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file.
> >>>>>> didier[~]$
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Best,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Didier
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Slint distribution
> >>>>>> http://slint.fr
> >>>>>> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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