Half-life 1: Sound effects, but no music?

[OverrideX]

So I'm having the opposite problem many have reported - in the Half-life 1 beta I get sound effects just fine, but no music. Anyone else experiencing this or have any suggestions? Running Ubuntu 12.04.1 with a built in NVidia sound card.

[rudeboyskunk [Linux]]

Yeah actually I didn't even notice it until I read your post. Odd. Ubuntu 12.04.1 with Realtek soundcard.

[Sasamus]

Do you have pulseaudio?

[OverrideX]

Yeah, I'm using pulseaudio - if I set SDL_AUDIODRIVER to alsa, I end up with no sound at all. I'm wondering how many other people just haven't noticed that they have no music.

[Sasamus]

Strange, Half Life requires pulseaudio so forcing it to use alsa is as expected removing all sound.
The thing is, I had no sound or music before I got pulseaudio and now i most definitely have both.
It seems like the lack of pulse can manifest in different ways. But if you already have it I don't know what to do, perhaps there is something that is needed together with pulse to make Half Life work. Or maybe it's a configuration issue. You probably have tried to reinstall already?
Sorry I couldn't help.

[Hirager]

How about codecs for the music? You probably have codecs for sounds only. If you do have PA installed, go report it to Valve.