Clock/Timing issues

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 21:34 -0400, Rashkae wrote: 
> On 11-04-21 11:46 AM, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
> > I have just discovered a possible clock/timing problem on my natty install.
> > I first noticed the problem when trying to play a youtube video, there was
> > no sound and it played at double speed. at first I thought the problem was a
> > flash bug (I've had a few problems with youtube before) so I downloaded the
> > video (using youtube-dl) and played it with totem. same results. I also
> > tried playing other files that I knew were ok.
> > please help, I need music/youtube to survive!
> >    
> 
> Check your sound properties (god knows how you do that in Natty) and 
> verify the sound output device.  I suspect your computer is trying to 
> use HDMI rather than the sound card device.

On a fresh 10.10 install, I noticed that pavucontrol wasn't installed.
And, since that controls pulse, that might be your problem. Install the
package and then run it to set your input/output preferences. Ric


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