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Mike Powell <
usenet@vk3heg.net> wrote:
> Re: Re: Chromium & Firefox can`t play videos again
> By: bp to All on Mon Dec 08 2025 10:00:01
>
> > If there was reason to think upgrading to Trixie would help I`d try it,
> > but so far nobody has suggested that`s the case. Bullseye seemed to work
> > pretty well, Bookworm somewhat less so. That trend isn`t encouraging....
> >
> > Far as I`ve seen, the _only_ problem has been with watching videos.
> > Otherwise the system is well-behaved.
>
> I have no idea if this is related or not, but I sometimes have problems with
> the sound disappearing, and IIRC this started with the Bookworm upgrade a
> couple of yrs back. It isn`t just raspbian but happens in the parent OS also.
>
> Rebooting, and making sure the HDMI monitor is plugged in and turned on,
> usually fixes it -- even if the monitor was on the first time!
>
> IMHO rasp/debian has developed some issue where it has trouble sensing the
> state of the HDMI monitor and, if it gets it wrong it does weird things.
>
> If your monitor isn`t HDMI then it could be a completely different issue but I
> thought I would mention it just in case it was helpful.
It`s interesting, if not obviously helpful. One of my Raspbery Pis uses an
old HDMI Dell monitor with an internal audio splitter. From time to time
the audio drops out but the monitor keeps working. Occasionally the monitor
seems to freeze up entirely, not even responding to the power button. Both
problems tend to get fixed if I pull the power for a few seconds. The total
lockup seems clearly to be a monitor problem, but maybe the audio problem
has cousins living in the Pi.
Thanks for writing!
bob prohaska
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