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Date:      Sat, 3 Nov 2018 15:45:28 +0000
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
Subject:   Re: r339929 no audio output to some sound devices with Firefox and some other applications
Message-ID:  <973b4b36-c877-1b95-9bae-fa95316f3a0a@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ea228717-ee47-ed1c-900a-99da66a00af1@selasky.org>
References:  <6eebd413-9351-8b4b-39dc-50ba0292e597@gmail.com> <ea228717-ee47-ed1c-900a-99da66a00af1@selasky.org>

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On 03/11/2018 11:48, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
 
> On 11/3/18 11:32 AM, Graham Perrin wrote:
>
>> <https://vimeo.com/130130394>; for example:
>>
>> - audible in Chromium, Falkon and Web
>> - silent in Firefox, New Moon (Pale Moon) and Waterfox.
>>
>> HP EliteBook 8570p, integral loudspeakers.
>>
>> If I recall correctly: yesterday I _did_ get audio from at least one of the affected applications, whilst the notebook was docked. A Philips display with integral loudspeakers at one of the two DisplayPort sockets at the rear of the dock.
>
> Which version of Firefox? Cannot reproduce over here.
>
> Did you check the "mixer" controls, that PCM and Master volume is not zero.
>
> --HPS

OK, I dug deeper, to end the silence it's necessary to switch from /dev/dsp0 to /dev/dsp1 for each affected application, whilst there's playback from the application.

Then (confusingly) adjusting _either_ slider – /dev/dsp0 or /dev/dsp1 – affects the output.

Is this expected?



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