[ale] audio blues

[kilpatms at gmail.com (Sean Kilpatrick)]

None of the repos on my list have banshee.  I looked for that before
Amarok.

Sean

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On Sun, 2014-09-07 at 18:09 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On 09/07/2014 04:02 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> > Loaded up a live CD of CentOS/KDE.
> >
> > Couldn't even get the system bell to make a sound.  CD does not load
> > ALSA.
> >
> > So, back to Square One.  Downloaded Amarok, and tried that. 99% works.
> > Still some very minor cracks and pops, but I easily can tell the
> > difference between the clarinet and the oboe.  I have no clue why other
> > audio players, including KMix, Dragon Player, and VLC media player
> > produce crappy sound while Amarok seems to work. I kinda assumed that
> > underneath the various GUIs they were all using the same libraries.
> >
> > Whatever.
> >
> > Problem seems to be solved -- without needing yet another piece of
> > hardware.
> >
> > n
> maybe try banshee,,,
>