linux viewer

[bigdaddy350]

is there a good viewer for linux? right now im using firestorm and while it works fine for some reason im not hearing any sound.

[MarissaOrloff]

There can be many reasons for that. Most common is the application is muted in your Audio System Settings. Try Henri's CoolVL viewer for Linux though and see if that helps.

[JeromFranzic]

On 10/7/2023 at 7:56 PM, MarissaOrloff said:

There can be many reasons for that. Most common is the application is muted in your Audio System Settings. Try Henri's CoolVL viewer for Linux though and see if that helps.

Cool VL gives me the best uptime, and the fewest problems, including sound support. It could also be a problem with your Linux installation, not necessarily related to SL.

Pipewire, ALSA, and PulseAudio are some of the software libraries/interfaces that provide sound in Linux. In general PulseAudio is known to work the best with most apps, including SL viewers.

Another viewer that recently returned to service in Linux is Kokua. You may want to try that as well. The Linux dev for it finally fixed the snapshots issue. It's comparable to Firestorm in terms of graphical quality; its UI is more like the standard SL viewer.