no sound in gmplayer and no output in mplayer

kb_ganesh · 09-08-2005, 10:08 AM

i installed mplayer 1.0 pre7 following the steps given in www.oldskoolphreak.com/tfiles/hack/ubuntu.txt (just changed 1.0pre5 to 1.0pre7)..earlier, had installed the alsa drivers using synaptic..

now, when i try to play any file using the gui, i get the video but no audio..it says "could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound"..so i went to preferences->audio and checked up the drivers..
"OSS oss/ioctl audio output" had been selected..
so, i selected "alsa ALSA-0.9x-1.x audio output" and restarted (g)mplayer..now, when i try to play any file, it just hangs and i dont see any output..no sound/video..

so i decided to check using the command line version..and again no sound/video

here is the output i got..

Code:

root@njiggs:/home/normal/downloads/lind/video/MPlayer-1.0pre7 # mplayer /mnt/f/Videos/English/Red\ Hot\ Chili\ Peppers\ -\ Californication.MPG
MPlayer 1.0pre7-3.3.5 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 64 Clawhammer (Family: 8, Stepping: 10)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE SSE2


Playing /mnt/f/Videos/English/Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication.MPG.
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO:  MPEG1  352x288  (aspect 8)  25.000 fps  1150.0 kbps (143.8 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 224.0 kbit/15.87% (ratio: 28000->176400)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 352 x 288 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
==========================================================================
Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
AF_pre: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: default

am sure no other program(like xmms) is opened which could block access to the audio device,,

can someone help me out and tell me where the problem is and how it can be rectified?

Mega Man X · 09-08-2005, 12:23 PM

Are you running Gnome? Both gnome and KDE uses some sort of daemon to output environment sounds, such as clicks and error messages. Try disabling or enabling it to see if it helps. If you are running Gnome and Ubuntu, you can right click on the sound icon on your Desktop and change a few settings too, such as output drivers. Play with those values and see how it goes.

There is also another way of installing mplayer without compiling anything in Ubuntu. This guide tells you how to accomplish that:

http://ubuntuguide.org/

Good luck!

kb_ganesh · 09-09-2005, 02:19 AM

thanks for the suggestion..i killed the esd daemon and mplayer worked perfectly afterwards..

Mega Man X · 09-09-2005, 02:58 AM

Cool!. I've personally had that problem too with on-board sound cards. Are you using an on-board one? It works fine with emu10k1 based chips and alsa (some sound blasters) though (I mean, both sound daemon and media players at the same time).

Good luck!

kb_ganesh · 09-09-2005, 03:39 AM

yes mine is an onboard sound card...mobo asus k8n..

kb_ganesh · 09-10-2005, 08:32 AM

try this out:-
http://www.ubuntuguide.org/#configuresoundproperly

worked superbly for me!!