Xmms: sound with root, not with user with Alsa

fernashes · 02-16-2004, 10:01 AM

Ok, I admit it, I'm a newbie.... but I'm trying!

Here's the problem: I'm trying to listen to streamingsoundtracks.com - it's a shoutcast MP3 radio stream. I got the sound working on my new Gentoo/Gnome installation last night (alsa) and even managed to watch a DVD. (Yes, I'm proud of myself :-P ).

Now when I try and open the link for the shoutcast with Xmms, it works under root but not under my user. The user is a member of the audio group (before I changed that was giving an error that it couldn't find alsa). It's not giving me any errors, it's just playing way too fast, at least what I can see from the graphics it's giving me.

Anybody have any ideas? I'm stumped!

Thanks,
Fernashes
/me loves Gnome!

guygriffiths · 02-16-2004, 10:03 AM

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It's not giving me any errors, it's just playing way too fast, at least what I can see from the graphics it's giving me

What do you mean by "the graphic's it's giving me"? Do you mean that the song position bar is whizzing through very quickly and you aren't getting any sound? If so, check your output plugin for xmms. It may well be set on "disk writer" which writes to the disk (surprisingly), and gives this exact effect.

fernashes · 02-16-2004, 10:17 AM

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Originally posted by guygriffiths
What do you mean by "the graphic's it's giving me"? Do you mean that the song position bar is whizzing through very quickly and you aren't getting any sound?

Yes, that's exactly what I mean.

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Originally posted by guygriffiths
If so, check your output plugin for xmms. It may well be set on "disk writer" which writes to the disk (surprisingly), and gives this exact effect.

The output is set to alsa. That seemed the most logical, since I haven't installed oss.

The weird thing is, with exactly the same settings, it only works if I log into X as root... if I try and start up Xmms from the console, as root, I get the same problem.

fernashes · 02-16-2004, 10:20 AM

This is the output that I got when I ran Xmms from the console just now, to test if it worked with root:

aphrodite root # xmms

** CRITICAL **: file configfile.c: line 266 (xmms_cfg_write_string): assertion `value != NULL' failed.

** CRITICAL **: file configfile.c: line 266 (xmms_cfg_write_string): assertion `value != NULL' failed.

** CRITICAL **: file configfile.c: line 266 (xmms_cfg_write_string): assertion `value != NULL' failed.

** CRITICAL **: file configfile.c: line 266 (xmms_cfg_write_string): assertion `value != NULL' failed.
aphrodite root # exit
logout
fernashes@aphrodite fernashes $ xmms

** WARNING **: Buffer time reduced from 500 ms to 341 ms

** WARNING **: Buffer time reduced from 500 ms to 341 ms
fernashes@aphrodite fernashes $

Maybe it helps?

fernashes · 02-16-2004, 11:54 AM

/me is an idiot!!!!!

MUTE!

vinay_s_s · 02-16-2004, 12:17 PM

lol. The whole thread is a waste for such a STUPID REASON!!!
PEOPLE CHECK YOUR SOUND VOLUME BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE!!!

fernashes · 02-16-2004, 12:21 PM

The stupid thing is, I could have sworn I checked it, because I was even playing around with it...

Oh, well. Live and learn. =) Maybe some other newbie'll not have to fight with it for so long before figuring out that it was something simple.

rockvoyager · 02-16-2004, 12:51 PM

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Originally posted by fernashes
/me is an idiot!!!!!

MUTE!

Thx for sharing the fix mate. I also am a linux newbie and it's ALL a learning experience for me. It's always easy when you know the answer but when you're in the hole sometimes even the question isn't obvious. I expect to jump in a lot of deep holes in the next several months, hopefully I can ask questions (assuming I read the FAQ's) without getting flamed.

Brad