Audacity playback: No sound

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2008/7/29 H.S. <hs.samix at gmail.com>

> Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> > Ubuntu 8.04
> >
> > Audacity (R) 1.3.4-beta (Unicode)
> >
> > Packard Bell Easy Note laptop: 1,6 GHz (dual core), 2 GB.
> >
> > Procedure:
> >
> > Open File (doesn't matter which one, as long as it is a supported file
> > format)
> >
> > Click Play
> >
> > Project plays but no sound can be heard. The output level meters
> > however, move as they should.
> >
> > Ctrl+p
> >
> > Nothing happens for about 15-20 seconds (very frustrating)
> >
> > A dialogue window appears.
> >
> > Playback device is set to ALSA: HDA Intel: AD198x Digital (hw: 0,1)
> >
> > Change it to ALSA: HDA Intel: AD198x Analog(hw: 0,0)
> >
> > Nothing happens for about 30 seconds (extremely frustrating)
> >
> > Klick Play
> >
> > Nothing happens for about 8 seconds (not acceptable but not very
> > frustrating either)
> >
> > An error box appears: "Error while opening sound device. Please check
> > the output device settings and the project sample rate."
> >
> > The thing about the sample rate just has to be nonsense, because I never
> > use anything else than 44.1 kHz. Whereever I look, it is set to 44.1 kHz
> > and all my sound files are 44.1 kHz files.
> >
> > I guess Pulse Audio is involved somehow, but I don't really understand
> > what it's for and what to do with it. All I want to do is to edit some
> > sound files and hear the result, which I could easily with Audacity on
> > Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 on the very same laptop.
> >
> > Any hints about next step in the troubleshooting procedure?
> >
> > Johnny Rosenberg
> >
>
>
> er .. just to confirm, can you play any other audio file using any other
> application?

Everything else I tested so far works. I even get a sound when I login to my
desktop. Double clicking a file plays the file with sound with Audacious or
Totem (depending on file type). I have sound when playing a DVD, CD and also
when playing things at YouTube. It's ONLY when I use Audacity that no sound
can be heard or error messages appear.

>
>
> I use audacity a lot and it works fine on Ubuntu. The only things I have
> to deal with are:
> 1. The appropriate output device should be selected. The device number
> might change on reboots if you have multiple output devices.

I tried them all and nothing works. I select it in Audacity's preferences,
right?


>
> 2. The volume of the output device should be non-zero. On a command
> terminal, type alsamixer and press enter. The GUI shows the volumes of
> all devices. Press left/right arrow keys to move between devices,
> up/down keys to adjust volume, and ESC to quit that GUI.

Checked. The appropriate levels are set to maximum.


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