mp3 sound help [Solved]

[smoke_damage]

hello, i just downloaded Sabayon five-oh and burned the ISO to disk. i loved the live cd that i burned so much that i had to install!!! anyways, after install i was trying out everything and i can get sound but not when trying to play an mp3, anyone know what's going on? has anyone ran into this yet? guess i should have RTFM first! can anyone please help with this?

[hatalar205]

Did you try "alsaconf"? And also did you try to play in other programs like vlc or just in amarok?

And please give more information. Is it KDE or Gnome? And what is your sound card? If the mp3 file play but you can't hear anything you must try "alsaconf".

[sparkythewondersquid]

hello, i just downloaded Sabayon five-oh and burned the ISO to disk. i loved the live cd that i burned so much that i had to install!!! anyways, after install i was trying out everything and i can get sound but not when trying to play an mp3, anyone know what's going on? has anyone ran into this yet? guess i should have RTFM first! can anyone please help with this?

I had this problem with gnome I turned the volume down started playing the mp3 and turned it back up and it played fine try it the perhaps we should file a bugzilla

[xlnagla]

I'm afraid that you haven't exactly provided enough information for this to be declared a bug....

Perhaps it will be, but don't jump too quickly to conclusions. Having to run alsaconf && alsamixer as root has long been standard for odd audio cards in Sabayon and elsewhere.

~xlnagla

[smoke_damage]

hey all, thanks for the replys! sorry i've not posted a reply, i've been out of town. anyways, i'm running sabayon 5.0 with GNOME desktop, i downloaded Sabayon_Linux_5.0_amd64_G.iso, my cup is AMD Phenom X4 9950 (2.6Gb), i have 4Gb DDR 2 @ 800, and a evga 9800gtx + for video. oh, my sound is through the motherboard (MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum). any more info needed?

[smoke_damage]

sparkythewondersquid, i've tried that all ready, the program i've been trying to use is "audacious 2", i'm going to play around with it tonight and try some other programs. i'll post back with a list of what i've tried.or should i try the linux driver for AC'97 Audio Codecs by realtek?

[smoke_damage]

hey, not sure but i downloaded the realtek drivers for linux and now i can play mp3's with "totem" but still not with "audacious 2".

[smoke_damage]

crap, not fixed yet. it's all most like the drivers did not install right. i had mp3 sound, then i was playing around with the desk top and started "Compiz Fusion" and then no sound! so i went to the folder where the drivers installed to and the folders where not there so i installed them again and saw the folders with my own eyes, opened up totem again and no sound, went back to the folder and nothing! maybe i'm just sleepy! lol

[smoke_damage]

disregard my last reply. i also have a older laptop that i loaded Sabayon five-oh on and mpeg4 plays in totem fine as well as mp3s! must be a hardware issue with my desktop??? i'm going to call this thread solved for now! should have RTFM! lol