Firefox doesn't play audio
To be clear, the audio on my laptop is working just fine. Other applications in Ubuntu play sounds as expected. Firefox, however, won't output any audio through the native speakers or headphones. There is one exception: when I use HDMI from PC to TV then Firefox audio correctly plays through TV.
I'm new to Ubuntu so please respond with step-by-step instructions geared at beginners. Thanks!
sound firefox 15.04 hdmi
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To be clear, the audio on my laptop is working just fine. Other applications in Ubuntu play sounds as expected. Firefox, however, won't output any audio through the native speakers or headphones. There is one exception: when I use HDMI from PC to TV then Firefox audio correctly plays through TV.
I'm new to Ubuntu so please respond with step-by-step instructions geared at beginners. Thanks!
sound firefox 15.04 hdmi
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If 15.04 is like 14.04, you can go to System Settings --> Sound and select the Applications tab. With FF and audio supposedly playing, how are the settings there?
– user3169
Aug 27 '15 at 4:41
CubebUtils + shows volume level... still no sound.
– Loewen-Samuels
Aug 27 '15 at 19:28
Thank you. Wondering why this is still not fixed in 2019. It's indeed alwasy a problem when disconnectin HDMI. Couldn't pavucontrol just be a tab on the sound settings? It's already preinstalled, but hard to find for the average user.
– CodeMonkey
Jan 12 at 10:24
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To be clear, the audio on my laptop is working just fine. Other applications in Ubuntu play sounds as expected. Firefox, however, won't output any audio through the native speakers or headphones. There is one exception: when I use HDMI from PC to TV then Firefox audio correctly plays through TV.
I'm new to Ubuntu so please respond with step-by-step instructions geared at beginners. Thanks!
sound firefox 15.04 hdmi
To be clear, the audio on my laptop is working just fine. Other applications in Ubuntu play sounds as expected. Firefox, however, won't output any audio through the native speakers or headphones. There is one exception: when I use HDMI from PC to TV then Firefox audio correctly plays through TV.
I'm new to Ubuntu so please respond with step-by-step instructions geared at beginners. Thanks!
sound firefox 15.04 hdmi
sound firefox 15.04 hdmi
edited Aug 26 '15 at 13:38
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If 15.04 is like 14.04, you can go to System Settings --> Sound and select the Applications tab. With FF and audio supposedly playing, how are the settings there?
– user3169
Aug 27 '15 at 4:41
CubebUtils + shows volume level... still no sound.
– Loewen-Samuels
Aug 27 '15 at 19:28
Thank you. Wondering why this is still not fixed in 2019. It's indeed alwasy a problem when disconnectin HDMI. Couldn't pavucontrol just be a tab on the sound settings? It's already preinstalled, but hard to find for the average user.
– CodeMonkey
Jan 12 at 10:24
add a comment |
1
If 15.04 is like 14.04, you can go to System Settings --> Sound and select the Applications tab. With FF and audio supposedly playing, how are the settings there?
– user3169
Aug 27 '15 at 4:41
CubebUtils + shows volume level... still no sound.
– Loewen-Samuels
Aug 27 '15 at 19:28
Thank you. Wondering why this is still not fixed in 2019. It's indeed alwasy a problem when disconnectin HDMI. Couldn't pavucontrol just be a tab on the sound settings? It's already preinstalled, but hard to find for the average user.
– CodeMonkey
Jan 12 at 10:24
1
1
If 15.04 is like 14.04, you can go to System Settings --> Sound and select the Applications tab. With FF and audio supposedly playing, how are the settings there?
– user3169
Aug 27 '15 at 4:41
If 15.04 is like 14.04, you can go to System Settings --> Sound and select the Applications tab. With FF and audio supposedly playing, how are the settings there?
– user3169
Aug 27 '15 at 4:41
CubebUtils + shows volume level... still no sound.
– Loewen-Samuels
Aug 27 '15 at 19:28
CubebUtils + shows volume level... still no sound.
– Loewen-Samuels
Aug 27 '15 at 19:28
Thank you. Wondering why this is still not fixed in 2019. It's indeed alwasy a problem when disconnectin HDMI. Couldn't pavucontrol just be a tab on the sound settings? It's already preinstalled, but hard to find for the average user.
– CodeMonkey
Jan 12 at 10:24
Thank you. Wondering why this is still not fixed in 2019. It's indeed alwasy a problem when disconnectin HDMI. Couldn't pavucontrol just be a tab on the sound settings? It's already preinstalled, but hard to find for the average user.
– CodeMonkey
Jan 12 at 10:24
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If you install an app called "pavucontrol", (direct link apt://pavucontrol ) you can look at which applications are playing audio, and which device they are sending audio to on a per-application basis.
Because (as far as I know) firefox does not have any way to select an audio output device, if you change the output device for an application it will retain that information.... my guess is that at some point you, or someone else (or some application) has selected HDMI audio for firefox, and that has been stored.... you just need to change it back to the default device.
Has saved me as well. Never heard of "PulseAudio Volume Control" before!
– vaettchen
May 11 '16 at 14:41
Me too! For me, the PulseAudio Volume Control revealed that "for Firefox" the volume was all the way down and this is why I could not hear anything while watching a YouTube video in Firefox. Thanks James!
– Lonnie Best
Dec 27 '16 at 12:05
Similar thing happened to me, I played it through HDMI yesterday but now I am not able to change firefox sound output to headphone. How to do it ? Even in sounds settings I have already chosen built in speakers and VLC is able to play music. Please Help
– Shaleen Jain
Oct 22 '18 at 5:02
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Long story short:
change audio output device to something else and then back to the desired device
Full version:
I know it's bit outdated, but still. I've just run into similar problem on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 - everything worked apart Firefox. I remember lately using my laptop with TV via HDMI and changing sound output to it. Today, in my "Sound" application, I had only one position available: "Speakers - Built-in audio". Plugging in headphones to my dock or socket on laptop's side didn't change a thing.
I managed to get it working with some workaround - I suspected that if I will be able to choose something else from the output devices list and then back to "Speakers - Built-in audio", Firefox will be updated with this info. Luckily, I had some USB speakers in the office and it did the trick - new device appeared on the list so I switched to it - sound was working. Back to "Speakers ..." - working.
It looks like some small bug (or maybe that's intentional) when there is only one device on the list, it doesn't refresh selection when clicked.
add a comment |
run:
rm -r ~/.config/pulse; pulseaudio -k
This will clear hdmi settings and settings will be back to default.
Hope this help :-)
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Muhammad Ammar is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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If you install an app called "pavucontrol", (direct link apt://pavucontrol ) you can look at which applications are playing audio, and which device they are sending audio to on a per-application basis.
Because (as far as I know) firefox does not have any way to select an audio output device, if you change the output device for an application it will retain that information.... my guess is that at some point you, or someone else (or some application) has selected HDMI audio for firefox, and that has been stored.... you just need to change it back to the default device.
Has saved me as well. Never heard of "PulseAudio Volume Control" before!
– vaettchen
May 11 '16 at 14:41
Me too! For me, the PulseAudio Volume Control revealed that "for Firefox" the volume was all the way down and this is why I could not hear anything while watching a YouTube video in Firefox. Thanks James!
– Lonnie Best
Dec 27 '16 at 12:05
Similar thing happened to me, I played it through HDMI yesterday but now I am not able to change firefox sound output to headphone. How to do it ? Even in sounds settings I have already chosen built in speakers and VLC is able to play music. Please Help
– Shaleen Jain
Oct 22 '18 at 5:02
add a comment |
If you install an app called "pavucontrol", (direct link apt://pavucontrol ) you can look at which applications are playing audio, and which device they are sending audio to on a per-application basis.
Because (as far as I know) firefox does not have any way to select an audio output device, if you change the output device for an application it will retain that information.... my guess is that at some point you, or someone else (or some application) has selected HDMI audio for firefox, and that has been stored.... you just need to change it back to the default device.
Has saved me as well. Never heard of "PulseAudio Volume Control" before!
– vaettchen
May 11 '16 at 14:41
Me too! For me, the PulseAudio Volume Control revealed that "for Firefox" the volume was all the way down and this is why I could not hear anything while watching a YouTube video in Firefox. Thanks James!
– Lonnie Best
Dec 27 '16 at 12:05
Similar thing happened to me, I played it through HDMI yesterday but now I am not able to change firefox sound output to headphone. How to do it ? Even in sounds settings I have already chosen built in speakers and VLC is able to play music. Please Help
– Shaleen Jain
Oct 22 '18 at 5:02
add a comment |
If you install an app called "pavucontrol", (direct link apt://pavucontrol ) you can look at which applications are playing audio, and which device they are sending audio to on a per-application basis.
Because (as far as I know) firefox does not have any way to select an audio output device, if you change the output device for an application it will retain that information.... my guess is that at some point you, or someone else (or some application) has selected HDMI audio for firefox, and that has been stored.... you just need to change it back to the default device.
If you install an app called "pavucontrol", (direct link apt://pavucontrol ) you can look at which applications are playing audio, and which device they are sending audio to on a per-application basis.
Because (as far as I know) firefox does not have any way to select an audio output device, if you change the output device for an application it will retain that information.... my guess is that at some point you, or someone else (or some application) has selected HDMI audio for firefox, and that has been stored.... you just need to change it back to the default device.
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Has saved me as well. Never heard of "PulseAudio Volume Control" before!
– vaettchen
May 11 '16 at 14:41
Me too! For me, the PulseAudio Volume Control revealed that "for Firefox" the volume was all the way down and this is why I could not hear anything while watching a YouTube video in Firefox. Thanks James!
– Lonnie Best
Dec 27 '16 at 12:05
Similar thing happened to me, I played it through HDMI yesterday but now I am not able to change firefox sound output to headphone. How to do it ? Even in sounds settings I have already chosen built in speakers and VLC is able to play music. Please Help
– Shaleen Jain
Oct 22 '18 at 5:02
add a comment |
Has saved me as well. Never heard of "PulseAudio Volume Control" before!
– vaettchen
May 11 '16 at 14:41
Me too! For me, the PulseAudio Volume Control revealed that "for Firefox" the volume was all the way down and this is why I could not hear anything while watching a YouTube video in Firefox. Thanks James!
– Lonnie Best
Dec 27 '16 at 12:05
Similar thing happened to me, I played it through HDMI yesterday but now I am not able to change firefox sound output to headphone. How to do it ? Even in sounds settings I have already chosen built in speakers and VLC is able to play music. Please Help
– Shaleen Jain
Oct 22 '18 at 5:02
Has saved me as well. Never heard of "PulseAudio Volume Control" before!
– vaettchen
May 11 '16 at 14:41
Has saved me as well. Never heard of "PulseAudio Volume Control" before!
– vaettchen
May 11 '16 at 14:41
Me too! For me, the PulseAudio Volume Control revealed that "for Firefox" the volume was all the way down and this is why I could not hear anything while watching a YouTube video in Firefox. Thanks James!
– Lonnie Best
Dec 27 '16 at 12:05
Me too! For me, the PulseAudio Volume Control revealed that "for Firefox" the volume was all the way down and this is why I could not hear anything while watching a YouTube video in Firefox. Thanks James!
– Lonnie Best
Dec 27 '16 at 12:05
Similar thing happened to me, I played it through HDMI yesterday but now I am not able to change firefox sound output to headphone. How to do it ? Even in sounds settings I have already chosen built in speakers and VLC is able to play music. Please Help
– Shaleen Jain
Oct 22 '18 at 5:02
Similar thing happened to me, I played it through HDMI yesterday but now I am not able to change firefox sound output to headphone. How to do it ? Even in sounds settings I have already chosen built in speakers and VLC is able to play music. Please Help
– Shaleen Jain
Oct 22 '18 at 5:02
add a comment |
Long story short:
change audio output device to something else and then back to the desired device
Full version:
I know it's bit outdated, but still. I've just run into similar problem on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 - everything worked apart Firefox. I remember lately using my laptop with TV via HDMI and changing sound output to it. Today, in my "Sound" application, I had only one position available: "Speakers - Built-in audio". Plugging in headphones to my dock or socket on laptop's side didn't change a thing.
I managed to get it working with some workaround - I suspected that if I will be able to choose something else from the output devices list and then back to "Speakers - Built-in audio", Firefox will be updated with this info. Luckily, I had some USB speakers in the office and it did the trick - new device appeared on the list so I switched to it - sound was working. Back to "Speakers ..." - working.
It looks like some small bug (or maybe that's intentional) when there is only one device on the list, it doesn't refresh selection when clicked.
add a comment |
Long story short:
change audio output device to something else and then back to the desired device
Full version:
I know it's bit outdated, but still. I've just run into similar problem on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 - everything worked apart Firefox. I remember lately using my laptop with TV via HDMI and changing sound output to it. Today, in my "Sound" application, I had only one position available: "Speakers - Built-in audio". Plugging in headphones to my dock or socket on laptop's side didn't change a thing.
I managed to get it working with some workaround - I suspected that if I will be able to choose something else from the output devices list and then back to "Speakers - Built-in audio", Firefox will be updated with this info. Luckily, I had some USB speakers in the office and it did the trick - new device appeared on the list so I switched to it - sound was working. Back to "Speakers ..." - working.
It looks like some small bug (or maybe that's intentional) when there is only one device on the list, it doesn't refresh selection when clicked.
add a comment |
Long story short:
change audio output device to something else and then back to the desired device
Full version:
I know it's bit outdated, but still. I've just run into similar problem on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 - everything worked apart Firefox. I remember lately using my laptop with TV via HDMI and changing sound output to it. Today, in my "Sound" application, I had only one position available: "Speakers - Built-in audio". Plugging in headphones to my dock or socket on laptop's side didn't change a thing.
I managed to get it working with some workaround - I suspected that if I will be able to choose something else from the output devices list and then back to "Speakers - Built-in audio", Firefox will be updated with this info. Luckily, I had some USB speakers in the office and it did the trick - new device appeared on the list so I switched to it - sound was working. Back to "Speakers ..." - working.
It looks like some small bug (or maybe that's intentional) when there is only one device on the list, it doesn't refresh selection when clicked.
Long story short:
change audio output device to something else and then back to the desired device
Full version:
I know it's bit outdated, but still. I've just run into similar problem on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 - everything worked apart Firefox. I remember lately using my laptop with TV via HDMI and changing sound output to it. Today, in my "Sound" application, I had only one position available: "Speakers - Built-in audio". Plugging in headphones to my dock or socket on laptop's side didn't change a thing.
I managed to get it working with some workaround - I suspected that if I will be able to choose something else from the output devices list and then back to "Speakers - Built-in audio", Firefox will be updated with this info. Luckily, I had some USB speakers in the office and it did the trick - new device appeared on the list so I switched to it - sound was working. Back to "Speakers ..." - working.
It looks like some small bug (or maybe that's intentional) when there is only one device on the list, it doesn't refresh selection when clicked.
answered Jan 18 '16 at 8:25
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run:
rm -r ~/.config/pulse; pulseaudio -k
This will clear hdmi settings and settings will be back to default.
Hope this help :-)
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Muhammad Ammar is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
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run:
rm -r ~/.config/pulse; pulseaudio -k
This will clear hdmi settings and settings will be back to default.
Hope this help :-)
New contributor
Muhammad Ammar is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
run:
rm -r ~/.config/pulse; pulseaudio -k
This will clear hdmi settings and settings will be back to default.
Hope this help :-)
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Muhammad Ammar is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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run:
rm -r ~/.config/pulse; pulseaudio -k
This will clear hdmi settings and settings will be back to default.
Hope this help :-)
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Muhammad Ammar is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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edited Jan 21 at 16:53
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answered Jan 21 at 13:27
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If 15.04 is like 14.04, you can go to System Settings --> Sound and select the Applications tab. With FF and audio supposedly playing, how are the settings there?
– user3169
Aug 27 '15 at 4:41
CubebUtils + shows volume level... still no sound.
– Loewen-Samuels
Aug 27 '15 at 19:28
Thank you. Wondering why this is still not fixed in 2019. It's indeed alwasy a problem when disconnectin HDMI. Couldn't pavucontrol just be a tab on the sound settings? It's already preinstalled, but hard to find for the average user.
– CodeMonkey
Jan 12 at 10:24