No sound in Kaffeine

[jzakiya]

I just noticed that when I play videos (files of any format) using Kaffeine (4.9.2)
there is no sound.

I have reinstalled it, check application and system sound levels, made sure mute
wasn't on, etc.  The video is perfect, just no sound.

My other multimedia players can play the same video files with no problem.
Since I don't use Kaffeine alot (mosthly VLC) this must have occurred with the
4.9.2 upgrade and I had no issues with Kaffeine before then.

 

[Phil]

I have just tested kaffeine on my up to date system, it was fine.

Sound muted in kaffeine itself?

Any other kde proggys effected? (If so check Configure Your Desktop > hardware > Multimedia

[Jonesy]

Check to see if kaffeine's xine-config found in /home/<user>/.kde4/share/apps/kaffeine/ is set to use your default sound device(s).

It may be commented out or be using the wrong output. This 'usually' works. Most often kaffeine will use your default device no problem all by itself but on some systems you may have to give it a subtle hint   

The relevent sections should look something like this:

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# device used for stereo output
# string, default: plug:front:default
audio.device.alsa_front_device:default

# alsa mixer device
# string, default: PCM
audio.device.alsa_mixer_name:Master


[helmut singh]

Haha... do you have phonon-gstreamer and associated plugins installed and set as backend in "configure your desktop >hardware >multimedia >phonon >backend" ? VLC as backend should also work.

Helmut