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unable to play video on youtube etc., only audio plays along without visuals.

this is a fresh installation  and everything works, except this.
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   Kernel: 6.3.4-artix1-1

i used the artix cinnamon iso
 please guide me to fix this

Re: unable to play video on youtube etc., only audio plays along without visuals.

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mariejoise:[root]:~# pacman -R pipewire
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing pipewire breaks dependency 'pipewire' required by muffin
:: removing pipewire breaks dependency 'pipewire' required by xdg-desktop-portal
mariejoise:[root]:~# 
mariejoise:[root]:~# 
mariejoise:[root]:~# pacman -R pulseaudio
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing pulseaudio breaks dependency 'pulseaudio' required by pulseaudio-alsa
:: removing pulseaudio breaks dependency 'pulseaudio=16.1-6' required by pulseaudio-bluetooth
:: removing pulseaudio breaks dependency 'pulseaudio=16.1-6' required by pulseaudio-zeroconf
mariejoise:[root]:~# 
mariejoise:[root]:~# 
mariejoise:[root]:~# 
mariejoise:[root]:~# pacman -Qs pipewire
local/libpipewire 1:0.3.72-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - client library
local/pipewire 1:0.3.72-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor
mariejoise:[root]:~# 
mariejoise:[root]:~# pacman -Qs pulseaudio
local/pavucontrol 1:5.0+r61+gee77d86-2
    PulseAudio Volume Control
local/pulseaudio 16.1-6
    A featureful, general-purpose sound server
local/pulseaudio-alsa 1:1.2.7.1-2
    ALSA Configuration for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio-bluetooth 16.1-6
    Bluetooth support for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio-zeroconf 16.1-6
    Zeroconf support for PulseAudio
mariejoise:[root]:~# 
mariejoise:[root]:~#

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You need to auto-start pipewire, pipewire-pulse,and wireplumber using Cinnamon's auto-start scripts

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cant find any start scripts , i m using runit.
should i create manually?

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Hello,

I have been using alsa only for several years.
I removed all pulse packets except libpulse and libcanberra.

I only have libpipewire (installed by default).

I use alsa and the nice and very practical qastools mixer on different pc:
https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,4318.msg27848.html#msg27848

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pacman -Ss qastools
omniverse/qastools 0.23.0-2 (pro-audio) [installé]
    A collection of desktop applications for the Linux sound system ALSA.

Note: I don't play games and don't use wine or steam.
But I have sound in all my apps.