[sldev] OpenAL clients and MP3 streams...

[Dana Fagerstrom]

Not sure this is your problem but check your viewer log and make sure 
you have a GStreamer mp3 decoder installed.  In the log and without the 
decoder, GST will report that it can't find an appropriate plug-in.

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Ambrosia wrote:
> Greetings SlDeviants! ;P
> 
> This is a request to those who might have compiled clients
> successfully with OpenAL and have then running.
> I've run into a peculiar issue:
> 
> Audio streams based on the MP3 file format will seemingly not play.
> Debug shows a successful run of "LLAudioEngine::startInternetStream:
> Playing....",
> however, nothing can be heard. Volume values have been checked via
> preferences and debug settings.
> Audio streams of different format will play successfully. To try one
> of those, visit the 'sick' sim as a proof of concept.
> My bet on OpenAL being the cause comes from the fact that the
> LL-compiled viewers, and those I compiled with FMod before did not
> have this issue.
> 
> Any possible insights into the issue?
> 
> --Chalice Yao
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