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Audio Error: No Channels

Open ivy-rew opened this issue 7 months ago • 2 comments

Describe the bug: OpenShot opens with a message, that no audio channel is available

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Open the latest OpenShotImage.3.3.0 (or any older)
  2. Boom; Audio Error

Expected behavior: Audio Available

System Details:

  • OpenShot Version 3.3.0 App Image
  • Operating System / Distro: Linux Mint 22 / Noble

Log Files:

18:12:05 WARNING preview_thread: Audio initialization error: no channels
18:12:05 WARNING preview_thread: Your active audio device (HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2; Direct sample mixing device||ALSA) does not match OpenShot (default||ALSA). Adjusting your 'Preferences->Playback->Audio Device' to match your active audio device: HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2; Direct sample mixing device||ALSA

openshot-qt.log

Screenshots: (Optional)

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ivy-rew avatar May 29 '25 16:05 ivy-rew

these are my devices. but whatever I select, the error appears Image

Questions is where openshot is trying to identify my "active audio device" from. Can I configure it somewhere?

18:12:05 WARNING preview_thread: Audio initialization error: no channels
18:12:05 WARNING preview_thread: Your active audio device (HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2; Direct sample mixing device||ALSA) does not match OpenShot (default||ALSA). Adjusting your 'Preferences->Playback->Audio Device' to match your active audio device: HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2; Direct sample mixing device||ALSA

pactl list: pact.list.txt

pactl list sinks: pactl.sinks.txt

ivy-rew avatar May 29 '25 16:05 ivy-rew

Have same on Manjaro https://github.com/OpenShot/openshot-qt/issues/5547#issuecomment-3185134961

yell0w4x avatar Aug 13 '25 19:08 yell0w4x