mplayer won't use alsa or esd

Beck24 · 03-05-2006, 04:55 PM

I have xine working fine, but I really prefer mplayer (have it working fine on two other comps) but on my laptop it doesn't seem to recognize alsa or esd so I have no sound.

Here's the audio outputs it does recognize

Quote:

matt@ubuntu:~$ mplayer -ao help
MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-3.3.6 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices (Family: 8, Stepping: 0)
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

Available audio output drivers:
mpegpes DVB audio output
oss OSS/ioctl audio output
null Null audio output
pcm RAW PCM/WAVE file writer audio output

matt@ubuntu:~$

None of these work because the sound card is in use by alsa I believe. Can anyone tell me how to make mplayer use alsa?

Thanx in advance!

Dankles · 03-05-2006, 06:12 PM

Could you print the error that comes up? Also, Have you tried running "alsaconf".

Beck24 · 03-06-2006, 12:47 AM

That's the problem... there is no error message.

Here's what's outputted when it's run from the command line

Quote:

MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-3.3.6 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices (Family: 8, Stepping: 0)
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

Cannot load font: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts.
Playing test.avi.
AVI file format detected.
VIDEO: [XVID] 624x352 12bpp 23.976 fps 987.0 kbps (120.5 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Software: VirtualDub
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
vo: X11 running at 1280x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
xscreensaver_disable: xscreensaver wid=10485761.
Opening video filter: [hqdn3d]
Opening video filter: [pp=de]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...
AF_pre: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Audio card mixer does not have channel 'Master' using default.
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 624 x 352 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.77:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [x11] 624x352 => 624x352 Planar YV12 [zoom]
SwScaler: using unscaled Planar YV12 -> BGRA special converter
V: 2.4 59/ 59 16% 61% 0.0% 0 6
Exiting... (Quit)

I have sound for all other applications... I'm pretty sure that it's because it's not using alsa or esd for the audio out, but neither of those options are available for some reason.

I'm not sure what "alsaconf" is, but bash didn't recognize it as a command, could you elaborate please?

Dankles · 03-07-2006, 10:36 AM

What distro are your running? Install the alsa utilities package for that distro, then try running it. This should fix the problem.