Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Topic started by: ulfr on May 12, 2024, 03:53:14 PM
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hi all
i am trying to set up tc 15
i am having trouble with firefox, vlc and sound
i have been able to download the latest firefox
and it will go to youtube but will not play the videos
i have been able to download vlc
and cvlc will play .mp4 files
but the gui will not stay open
and there is no sound
does anyone know how to set up pulseaudio
thanks
ulfr
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Hi ulfr
... does anyone know how to set up pulseaudio
Last time I needed to set up pulseaudio, I read the .info file:
http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/x86/tcz/pulseaudio.tcz.info
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thank you so much rich
will do
ulfr
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hi all
thanks rich
i have set up pulseaudio and have sound
2 more issues
1. firefox will not play youtube videos
when run in terminal gives no errors
firefox is up to date
2. vlc will not open in gui
cvlc will play mp4 files with sound
says qt interface error: unable to load extensions module illegal instruction
i loaded qt5-all but still will not work
could my computer chip be too old and not have that instruction ?
puppy linux plays everything fine
so my computer should not be too old
firefox plays videos with sound
media player works fine
but uses gnome mplayer instead of vlc
any ideas
ulfr
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Hi ulfr
... says qt interface error: unable to load extensions module illegal instruction
i loaded qt5-all but still will not work
could my computer chip be too old and not have that instruction ? ...
That's the reason for an illegal instruction error message.
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thanks rich for all your help
is this problem specific to vlc and qt5
is that why gnome mplayer works in puppy
any possible work arounds
also any ideas why firefox wont play videos
ulfr
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Hi ulfr
I would think this problem is specific to qt5 and
any extension that depends on it.
I don't use puppy so I can't comment on that.
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hi rich
maybe qt5 instruction set is too new for this computer
im going to try to use an older vlc gui
i will also try to use an older firefox
might work
in my opinion tinycore is the best designed distro there is
so i will keep plugging at it until i get things going
if you have any ideas
please post them on this thread
and thanks for all your help
i appreciate you giving up your precious time
ulfr
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Note that Firefox doesn't use Qt, so that illegal instruction error should only relate to the VLC issue.
I don't play video in Firefox, but I believe to do so it uses libavcodec, which isn't loaded by default.
Try loading libavcodec5.tcz:
tce-load -wil libavcodec5
It could be that other extensions are also required, and if using the Mozilla binaries via the firefox_getLatest.sh script, you'll also need PulseAudio for sound (with firefox-ESR.tcz you only need ALSA).
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thank you very much cnk
will do and report
ulfr
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Hi ulfr
... Try loading libavcodec5.tcz:
tce-load -wil libavcodec5 ...
I suspect you are running 32 bit, so you would need:
tce-load -wi libavcodec4
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hi rich and cnk
loaded libavcodec4.tcz
unfortunately no luck with firefox playing youtube or vimeo videos
did play a video in internet archive but no sound
if you have any more ideas
they would be appreciated
will google and see if i can find anything
pulseaudio works
i decided i dont need a gui for vlc
since it will play as cvlc
i just put a command in emelfm which i use as my filemanager
so i play mp4s from there
and once again thanks for all your help
tinycore and you guys are the greatest
ulfr
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I did a quick test in tc-15.x x86.
tce-load -i Xorg-7.7 flwm aterm wbar pavucontrol firefox adwaita-icon-theme
startx
Then start pavucontrol and check that the sound output is not muted, start firefox and navigate to youtube and videos play with sound.
None of the libav* extensions are loaded.
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hi juanito
ran your code
it said everything except Xorg 7.7 was already loaded
loaded Xorg 7.7
then startx
still will not play videos
everything works in firefox except the actual playing of the video
cvlc has always worked
played mp4 videos with sound
maybe something specific to a dependency or setting in firefox itself
may try to download firefox esr and see if that works
will keep looking
and once again thanks for all your help
ulfr
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hi all
just an update on my progress
as suspected vlc gui would not open
because the cpu is too old to recognize qt5 instructions
worked on a newer computer
still cant get youtube videos to play in firefox
but since everything else in firefox works
and vlc will play videos
i will keep looking for a dependency or settings problem with firefox
if anyone has any ideas
please post them on this thread
thanks
ulfr
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Hi ulfr
In firefox, click Tools->Add-ons and Themes
Select Plugins
You should see these 2:
OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc.
Make sure they're enabled.
I've attached files that list which libraries firefox is using
in TC10 32 bit and TC14 64 bit.
To see which libraries firefox is using on your system, install
lsof.tcz and run:
lsof -c firefox-bin | grep "\.so" | cut -d '/' -f2- | sort > firefoxlibs.txt
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thanks rich
trying that now
ulfr