Bug#739547: HTML5 video won't work w.o. pulseaudio

[Stefan Potyra]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 27.0-2
Severity: normal

Hi,

thanks for maintaining iceweasel!

I've been trying to watch various html5 videos recently, none of them have sound
playback. Most recent example is
<http://www.tagesschau.de/100sekunden/index.html>

After installing 
  apt-get install pulseaudio

sound was OK.

I've purged it again, and sound stopped working for me. BR is without pulseaudio
installed.

Should iceweasel depend/recommend on pulseaudio or should it work w.o. as
well?

Probably related to #585149, but I'm not sure.

P.S.: If you need further input, feel free to ask.

Cheers,
  Stefan.

-- Package-specific info:

-- Extensions information
Name: Default theme
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/browser/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
Package: iceweasel
Status: enabled

Name: Feedback
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/testpilot at labs.mozilla.com.xpi
Status: app-disabled

-- Plugins information

-- Addons package information
ii  iceweasel      27.0-2       amd64        Web browser based on Firefox

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils         4.4
ii  fontconfig          2.11.0-2
ii  libc6               2.17-97
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0  2.28.2-1+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.36.4-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.24.22-1
ii  libnspr4            2:4.10.3-1
ii  libnspr4-0d         2:4.10.3-1
ii  libsqlite3-0        3.8.2-1
ii  libstdc++6          4.8.2-14
ii  procps              1:3.3.9-2
ii  xulrunner-27        27.0-2

iceweasel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
pn  fonts-mathjax          <none>
pn  fonts-oflb-asana-math  <none>
ii  fonts-stix [otf-stix]  1.1.0-1
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.12+dfsg-2
pn  mozplugger             <none>

Versions of packages xulrunner-27 depends on:
ii  libasound2                1.0.27.2-3
ii  libatk1.0-0               2.10.0-2
ii  libbz2-1.0                1.0.6-5
ii  libc6                     2.17-97
ii  libcairo2                 1.12.16-2
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.8.0-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.100.2-1
ii  libevent-2.0-5            2.0.21-stable-1
ii  libfontconfig1            2.11.0-2
ii  libfreetype6              2.5.2-1
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.8.2-14
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0        2.28.2-1+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.36.4-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.24.22-1
ii  libhunspell-1.3-0         1.3.2-6
ii  libmozjs27d               27.0-2
ii  libnspr4                  2:4.10.3-1
ii  libnss3                   2:3.15.4-2
ii  libpango-1.0-0            1.36.0-1+b1
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.8.2-1
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.12-3
ii  libstdc++6                4.8.2-14
ii  libvpx1                   1.3.0-2
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.6.2-1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.2-1
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.8-1
ii  libxt6                    1:1.1.4-1
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.8.dfsg-1

Versions of packages xulrunner-27 suggests:
ii  libcanberra0  0.30-2
ii  libgnomeui-0  2.24.5-3

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/iceweasel/iceweaselrc changed:
ICEWEASEL_DSP="auto"


-- no debconf information