Bug#585149: iceweasel: No sound in videos using the html5 <video> tag

[Mike Hommey]

On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 05:13:31PM +0200, Jad Zoghaib wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 3.5.9-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Videos using the new html5 <video> tag such as the one on http://www.mozilla-europe.org/fr/firefox/video/ are played correctly by iceweasel 3.5.9 except there is no sound at all. The problem does not occur when playing a "flash" video through the gnash plugin or an embedded video played through the gecko-mediaplayer-plugin.
> When downloading the Ogg/Theora video and playing it through a media player (such as mplayer), sound is working flawlessly.
> 
> Moreover, browsing local files with iceweasel (with file:///home/ in the address bar) and opening either an Ogg/Vorbis music file or an Ogg/Theora video shows the same problem.
> This problem was identified only on the debian-ppc version of iceweasel 3.5.9, the same version installed on my debian-amd64 works correctly.
> 
> Please tell me if you need more information.

What does /etc/iceweasel/iceweaselrc have to say about ICEWEASEL_DSP?
Is it "none"? If so, can you try "auto"?

Mike