On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 09:28:54AM +1100, terryc wrote: > On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:49:17 +0200
>
> System is a pre-release installation of chimaera (about march?) but
> updated.
> Sound system is alsa with problem of single focus only; i.e. only one
> sound program can be run at a time. So I have to shut down vlc to be
> able to play a video(ewetube) in falkon(browser) with sound.
>
> If falkon is open, the selecting a linked video(ewetube) in firefox
> produces a click. The video will still play, but no sound.
>
> I just put it down to something to do with alsa configuration as
> porto=hdmi(no spreakers in screen) and port1=hw and none of the little
> fiddling I've attempted can fix that.
Just a wild guess: change hw to plughw?
$ aplay -L
will display all the alsa devices. I think that plughw allows multiple
device access.