Youtube working for you at normal speed with sound in Whonix 13 / 14?

Patrick · March 10, 2018, 1:48pm

Is youtube and sound working for you at normal speed with sound in Whonix 13 / 14?

github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues

sound not working / youtube playing too fast / VLC video frozen

opened 01:21PM - 09 Mar 18 UTC

closed 04:24AM - 01 Apr 19 UTC

adrelanos

T: bug C: other

### Qubes OS version: R3.2 ### Affected component(s): debian, whonix (fed…ora untested) ### Steps to reproduce the behavior: go to youtube.com and watch some random video. ### Expected behavior: youtube working normally with sound. ### Actual behavior: * youtube video runs very fast, almost at double the speed. * No sound. ### General notes: * same behavior in both, Tor Browser and Firefox ``` dpkg -l | grep pulseaudio ii gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio:amd64 1.10.4-1 amd64 GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio ii pulseaudio 10.0-1+deb9u1 amd64 PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-module-gconf 10.0-1+deb9u1 amd64 GConf module for PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-utils 10.0-1+deb9u1 amd64 Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server ``` ``` sudo journalctl | grep pulse Mar 09 12:57:10 host pulseaudio[1046]: vchan module loading Mar 09 12:57:10 host pulseaudio[1046]: play libvchan_fd_for_select=19, ctrl=0x5f0ef5b93460 Mar 09 12:57:10 host pulseaudio[1046]: rec libvchan_fd_for_select=22, ctrl=0x5f0ef5b93ef0 Mar 09 12:57:10 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =1, now state=-2 Mar 09 12:57:10 host pulseaudio[1046]: source cork req state =1, now state=-2 Mar 09 12:57:15 host pulseaudio[1046]: source cork req state =2, now state=1 Mar 09 12:57:15 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =2, now state=1 Mar 09 12:59:23 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =1, now state=2 Mar 09 12:59:23 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =0, now state=1 Mar 09 12:59:27 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =1, now state=0 Mar 09 12:59:27 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =0, now state=1 Mar 09 12:59:46 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =1, now state=0 Mar 09 12:59:48 host pulseaudio[1046]: write_to_vchan: all=8000 waited=289 nonwaited=7711 full=0 Mar 09 12:59:52 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =2, now state=1 Mar 09 13:00:54 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =1, now state=2 Mar 09 13:00:54 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =0, now state=1 Mar 09 13:00:55 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =1, now state=0 Mar 09 13:00:55 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =0, now state=1 Mar 09 13:01:20 host pulseaudio[1046]: write_to_vchan: all=16000 waited=631 nonwaited=15369 full=0 Mar 09 13:01:49 host pulseaudio[1046]: write_to_vchan: all=24000 waited=1036 nonwaited=22964 full=0 Mar 09 13:02:17 host pulseaudio[1046]: write_to_vchan: all=32000 waited=1430 nonwaited=30570 full=0 Mar 09 13:02:45 host pulseaudio[1046]: write_to_vchan: all=40000 waited=1725 nonwaited=38275 full=0 Mar 09 13:03:13 host pulseaudio[1046]: write_to_vchan: all=48000 waited=2047 nonwaited=45953 full=0 Mar 09 13:03:42 host pulseaudio[1046]: write_to_vchan: all=56000 waited=2427 nonwaited=53573 full=0 Mar 09 13:04:10 host pulseaudio[1046]: write_to_vchan: all=64000 waited=2782 nonwaited=61218 full=0 Mar 09 13:04:25 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =1, now state=0 Mar 09 13:04:25 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =0, now state=1 Mar 09 13:04:37 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =1, now state=0 Mar 09 13:04:37 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =0, now state=1 Mar 09 13:04:37 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =1, now state=0 Mar 09 13:04:40 host pulseaudio[1046]: write_to_vchan: all=72000 waited=3118 nonwaited=68882 full=0 Mar 09 13:04:42 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =0, now state=1 Mar 09 13:04:53 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =1, now state=0 Mar 09 13:04:58 host pulseaudio[1046]: sink cork req state =2, now state=1 ``` * single notebook monitor (no dual monitor, not using HDMI) * youtube and sound runs fine in Debian stretch based AppVMs * VLC does not work either. No sound. Video frozen at first frame. ``` [00005c1bcd5f2148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [00007dd4a4001268] xcb_xv vout display error: no available XVideo adaptor Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread ``` ## VLC in Debian stretch based AppVM for comparison ``` VLC media player 2.2.7 Umbrella (revision 2.2.7-0-g6e32381286) [00005cbc9654d0e8] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [00007e7f08001268] xcb_xv vout display error: no available XVideo adaptor Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread ```

This might be just a localized issue with my computer and not a general Qubes-Whonix issue.

troubadour · March 10, 2018, 4:55pm

Looks like it’s a local issue. The sound is working, with the AppArmor profile enforced
(it has been a problem, some time ago).

unman · March 10, 2018, 7:36pm

Is youtube and sound working for you at normal speed with sound in Whonix 13 / 14?

Related:

Testers wanted! Upgrade Qubes-Whonix 13 -> Qubes-Whonix 14

⚓ T780 sound / video broken in Qubes-Whonix 14

sound not working / youtube playing too fast / VLC video frozen · Issue #3685 · QubesOS/qubes-issues · GitHub

This might be just a localized issue with my computer and not a general Qubes-Whonix issue.

Working fine for me in both 13 and 14.