[K12OSN] Flash sound gone after installing Xine and mplayer

[Krsnendu dasa]

Client Sound Update
Rythmbox plays mp3 well. I haven't tried other codecs yet.

Mplayer
Got Mplayer working following the trust Fedora mplayer guide.

http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mplayer-fedora.html#intro

Had problems playing this rm file though.

http://www.bkgoswami.com/realmedia/audio/Laugh_Therapy/Laughtherapy.rm

And now flash has lost its sound!!!!!

How can I fix it?

On 14/01/07, Krsnendu dasa <krsnendu108 at gmail.com> 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,
> Openoffice.org 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
>
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