avidemux: trouble initialising audio device

[Roberto Ragusa]

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