avidemux: trouble initialising audio device

[James Bridge]

On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 23:37 +0200, Roberto Ragusa wrote:
> James Bridge wrote:
> > I am trying to use avidemux in fedora 11 but when I try to play a video
> > I get the message "trouble initializing audio device". The video plays,
> > but silently. Prefs for sound give various options, including ALSA but
> > not PulseAudio. I suppose that's the problem. Has anyone got it to work?
> 
> If you run avidemux with the command
> 
>   pasuspender -- avidemux
> 
> pulseaudio will be disabled until avidemux exits, so avidemux will access
> the ALSA driver.
> Even if it is not exactly what you asked, it could be useful as a workaround.
> You also probably gain a better video/audio sync, which is good if you are
> editing video stuff.
> 
> Best regards.
> -- 
>    Roberto Ragusa    mail at robertoragusa.it
> 
Thanks for this - I got avidemux running this way but it still gives the
same error. I want to hear the sound to edit without cutting off what
people are saying. So far, no solution.

I must have a look at PA mamager