[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#661207: alsa-utils: Flash video sound no longer controlled by PulseAudio after upgrade to alsa-utils 1.0.25-1

[jimmy the saint]

Package: alsa-utils
Version: 1.0.25-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
*** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
        Upgrade to version 1.0.25-1
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
        I attempted to play sound through HDMI.  All sound goes through HDMI,
except for Flash Video sound.
   * What was the outcome of this action?
        I noted that Flash video sound continued to play through my laptop
speakers, even though ALL other sound (system sounds, movie sounds etc.) played
correctly through HDMI.  Further, upon playing Flash video, the "Sound
Settings" dialog which serves as the front end for Pulse Audio, showed that no
applications were currently playing sound.  Adjusting system volume has no
effect on flash video volume.  Selecting which "hardware" to play sound through
also has no effect with Flash video.  Even selecting "no hardware" which
disables all system sound, has no effect, as flash continues to play.

It is as if flash bypasses Pulse Audio completely since this update to alsa-
utils.

This behavior was not present prior to the update.
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
        Flash video should be controlled by pulse audio, as it was prior to the
update.




-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on:
ii  libasound2         1.0.25-2
ii  libc6              2.13-26
ii  libncursesw5       5.9-4
ii  libsamplerate0     0.1.8-2
ii  libtinfo5          5.9-4
ii  linux-sound-base   1.0.23+dfsg-4
ii  lsb-base           3.2-28.1
ii  module-init-tools  3.16-1
ii  whiptail           0.52.14-8

Versions of packages alsa-utils recommends:
ii  alsa-base  1.0.23+dfsg-4
ii  pciutils   1:3.1.8-2

alsa-utils suggests no packages.

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