Alarm Clock GStreamer Issue

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  • August 30, 2018 at 7:07 am #11981
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      GStreamer Error in the Alarm Clock

      Trying to play an MP3 will return that error. Trying to play a FLAC …the Alarm acts like it is playing it, but no sound is heard (i.e. nothing happens visibly or audibly).

      I ran an apt-get to install the gstreamer plugins:

      apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-good`

      Evidently, they are already installed. I can play FLACs and MP3s with XMMS.

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      August 30, 2018 at 7:09 am #11983
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        I forgot to add that the Alarm Clock I installed is from:
        apt-get install alarm-clock-applet

        August 30, 2018 at 9:19 am #11986
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          Could you try to install
          gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3

          You sure have to close alarm-clock-applet completely, and start it again afterwards.

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          August 30, 2018 at 8:15 pm #11998
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            I should have mentioned in the first post that I installed pulseaudio. I apologize.

            Tried the above recommendation by caprea. Closed & tried again. Same result. Rebooted. Now it acts as if it is playing the file, but there is no sound.

            August 31, 2018 at 3:21 am #12003
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              Can’t say for sure, but sometimes these problems are fixed by installing the “bad” and/or “ugly” gstreamer plugins.

              August 31, 2018 at 4:03 am #12004
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                Yes, you can try to deinstall the fluendo plugin and install the gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly and bad, to see if this gives better result.

                On the other hand,because pulseaudio is installed, is pavucontrol installed (I would suggest to do so)and is the alarm-clock shown there under playback ?
                Maybe try out the settings in pavucontrol, it depends on how you want to play the sound.
                e.g in my case
                I have connected a HD-monitor with loudspeakers and a hifi system
                If I want to hear the alarm clock over the monitor, I have to set the internal analog to off under Configuration in pavucontrol.

                August 31, 2018 at 4:43 pm #12010
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                  Thank you for the suggestions. Nothing has worked. Curiously, in pavucontrol, nothing is shown when Alarm Clock tries to play a song.

                  September 1, 2018 at 7:34 am #12018
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                    Is gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio installed ?

                    Just tried on a live-usb to get the alarm-clock to work
                    Installed pulseaudio and pavucontrol

                    From gstreamer is installed
                    gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3
                    gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
                    gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
                    gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio
                    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
                    libgstreamer1.0-0

                    Plays now sound.Good luck !

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