• Registered: 2010-02-06
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Topic: How do you route audio in browsers (Firefox)?

I'm using Firefox v3.5.7 on XP SP2.  I've got a FF800 and it *sometimes* plays audio from the browser.

It's most likely to play the audio (let's say a MySpace page or a YouTube video) when I have nothing else open and no other tabs.

However, I've encountered this scenario quite often:
I'm viewing a YouTube video and the audio is playing just fine.  I hit "Stop" on the video.
I open up another tab and want to check out someone's MySpace page and listen to a band's music.
The music won't play at all.

I have to shut down Firefox and then re-open the MySpace page.  Then the music will play.

Is this a Flash Player problem or a FF800/TotalMix issue?  Can you have Cubase open AND a browser that both play audio?
Thanks.

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Re: How do you route audio in browsers (Firefox)?

RyanPitch wrote:

Can you have Cubase open AND a browser that both play audio?

Yes - if you set it up right, meaning you will have to choose the same sampling rate and different playback channels.
See "Multi-Client Operation" in the FF manual.

Windows sounds however, including firefox, should be no problem regarding simultaneous playback (from different tabs or programs NOT using ASIO).

  • Registered: 2010-02-06
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Re: How do you route audio in browsers (Firefox)?

Ok, thanks for the reply.  I read the "Multi-Client Operation" section of my FF800 manual and my setup should be able to do this.

So here's the question, then:
If I have Cubase set up to use TotalMix output channels 1/2, then how do I "route" or "instruct" the sound of Firefox (or FlashPlayers inside of Firefox) to output channels 3/4?

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Re: How do you route audio in browsers (Firefox)?

Select 3/4 as default audio channels in the Windows control panel and deactivate them in the Cubase audio setup menu.


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Daniel Fuchs
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  • Registered: 2010-02-06
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Re: How do you route audio in browsers (Firefox)?

Wow, thanks Daniel.  I don't really understand what the difference between these two is, but I found my problem thanks to your suggestion.

Under Windows Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Audio -> Sound Playback,

I had chosen "Fireface Analog (5+6) MME" and when I changed it to "Fireface Analog (5+6)" everything started working perfectly.

Thanks again.

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Re: How do you route audio in browsers (Firefox)?

One of many reasons why we started to remove MME...

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