[SOLVED] After re-install, YouTube HTML5 versions have no sound.

[CJ]

It is not clear from your posts if you have tried other browsers or not.

Sorry, I though I was, my apologies.
Yes, it is only FF that has the sound issue. Both Chromium and Opera plays sound. (I didn't try Konqueror as it doesn't seem to support it anyway.)

My second suggestion would be to create a 'test' user on that install.

I didn't do a test user, but I did move the .mozilla folder to try a clean FF user.
I shall try a whole new user if you think it helpful, no problem.

And... thank you for your help!

Cheers!
CJ

[Just17]

If it fails with a new user then that implies something missing from the install, IMO.

If the new user works then it is a user setting apparently.

[CJ]

If it fails with a new user then that implies something missing from the install, IMO.

If the new user works then it is a user setting apparently.

Yup! And there we have it... New user worked just swell.
Since I already tried just the .mozilla folder, it had to be somewhere else, so only one thing for it: go through all the hidden configs on my user.

And you know what? Found it!! Turns out that I had an old .asoundrc file lying on this user:

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pcm.!default {
  type hw
  card 0
  device 1
}

ctl.!default {
  type hw
  card 0
  device 1
}

pcm.dsp {
    type plug
    slave.pcm "dmix"
}
... from back when I was getting my digital surround sound on.

Without this file, FF plays nice. Now, why this would affect only FF and no other browser is puzzling, but alas... there we have it.

I feel I must offer a slight apology for wasting everyone's time with this - sorry! - but hope that you shall forgive me... after all, the file was hidden. 
So, thank you all for you help, and especially just18 for insisting - without a new user, I would probably not have found the blasted file.

Cheers!
CJ

[Just17]

Glad you got it sorted 

I have no idea why it should have affected only Firefox   

[Phil]

I was thinking codecs or plugins. I would never have thought of that. Just shows, complex machines etc.