[SOLVED] youtube in firefox has sound but not in google chrome

centguy · 06-26-2013, 09:23 PM

I can watch videos on youtube with sound using firefox on centos 6. However the sound
disappear when I use google chrome (how annoying !). I have this issue for some time and I googled and checked various setting, I just cannot solve the problem. It is getting interesting. I am capable to produce all results if you can guide me through to solve this problem.

Thanks!

eklavya · 06-27-2013, 12:54 AM

Open google chrome and run

Code:

chrome://plugins/

Now search for adobe flash player plugin, something like this

Code:

Adobe Flash Player (2 files) - Version: 11.7.700.203
Shockwave Flash 11.7 r700
Name:	Shockwave Flash
Description:	Shockwave Flash 11.7 r700
Version:

If it is not there, install it.
If it is there, it should be enabled.
If it is enabled, check the box Always allowed,

centguy · 06-27-2013, 02:09 AM

It still doesn't work:

Quote:

Adobe Flash Player (2 files) - Version: 11.5.31.5
Shockwave Flash 11.5 r31
Name: Shockwave Flash
Description: Shockwave Flash 11.5 r31
Version: 11.5.31.5
Location: /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
Type: PPAPI (out-of-process)
Disable
MIME types:
MIME type Description File extensions
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash
.swf
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player
.spl
Name: Shockwave Flash
Version: 11.0 r1
Location: /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
Type: NPAPI
Disable
MIME types:
MIME type Description File extensions
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash
.swf
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player
.spl
Disable Always allowed

flash too old ??

eklavya · 06-27-2013, 02:15 AM

what is chrome version?
Have you installed recently?
Have you watched this video before?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsK9fYXD9Lw

centguy · 06-27-2013, 08:16 AM

I installed the same OS on different computers.

I found that if the Chrome version is Version 24.0.1312.52 beta
then the sound is not working.

If Chrome version is Version 23.0.1271.97 then the sound is working.

Beats me!

centguy · 06-27-2013, 08:34 AM

An update:

I guess when I first installed google-chrome, I installed
some of them using "yum install google-chrome" that pulls down
the beta version, and the beta version breaks the youtube sound.

If I unstall google-chrome first and then reinstall google-chrome-stable I think I
will hit

Requires: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.15)(64bit)

Quote:

--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: google-chrome-stable conflicts with google-chrome-beta-28.0.1500.52-207119.x86_64
Error: Package: google-chrome-beta-28.0.1500.52-207119.x86_64 (google-chrome)
Requires: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.15)(64bit)
Error: Package: google-chrome-stable-28.0.1500.52-207119.x86_64 (google-chrome)
Requires: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.15)(64bit)
Error: google-chrome-beta conflicts with google-chrome-stable-28.0.1500.52-207119.x86_64
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

I have already lost google-chrome on one machine, and I don't think I will
risk losing another one before I know to fix

Quote:

Requires: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.15)(64bit)

problem..

Oh well, that's not a big deal for now.

centguy · 06-28-2013, 07:39 AM

Problem solved by switching to chromium:

I did

Quote:

[root@2nd-centos61-dell ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/chromium-el6.repo
[chromium-el6]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Chromium EL6
baseurl=http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/chromium/6/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Testing-6
priority=50

yum install chromium

/opt/chromium/chrome-wrapper

/opt/chromium/chrome: symbol lookup error: /opt/chromium/chrome: undefined symbol: _XGetRequest

yum install libX11

/opt/chromium/chrome-wrapper

The sound is now working fine.