Sigh. Linux sound. Again.

Daravon · 02-16-2009, 11:00 PM

I just finally switched over to 64 bit intrepid because I need the memory for photo editing. My sound is broked. Again.

I only care about SPDIF. It's the only audio connection my computer has. I simply want everything to play out of SPDIF, all the time.

mplayer -ac hwac3 *dvd* works fine and triggers dolby surround on my receiver. There's no hardware problem. But Amarok is silent, even though it says it's playing. Youtube also is dead. No sound.

Alsamixer only has one slider in it. No IEC958 slider this time. Must be that PulseAudio.

OK, so I'm not touching anything. I know there are probably at least 4 separate GUI widgets (sound countrol widget, KDE sound system, Alsamixer, pulseaudio, who knows what else by now) that must be simultaneously set to the right setting in order to get my sound to work. So I'm not touching anything without advice.

Please, what should I do? I so just want my sound to work. I wish it was a simple matter of editing a configuration file, but it's so complicated now that it's simple.

Simon Bridge · 02-16-2009, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Daravon

I just finally switched over to 64 bit intrepid because I need the memory for photo editing.

Good reason - professional, high-quality - photo-ed needs big files.

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My sound is broked. Again.

I only care about SPDIF. It's the only audio connection my computer has. I simply want everything to play out of SPDIF, all the time.

mplayer -ac hwac3 *dvd* works fine and triggers dolby surround on my receiver. There's no hardware problem. But Amarok is silent, even though it says it's playing. Youtube also is dead. No sound.

Amarok huh? So this is KDE?

Need to know audio card and asoundconf list

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Alsamixer only has one slider in it. No IEC958 slider this time. Must be that PulseAudio.

Or the slider is not enabled. Which is probably the problem - in gnome it is accessed from the volume-control appled edit > preferences menu ... trying to remember where it is in KDE. <googles> hmmm ... looks about the same.

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OK, so I'm not touching anything.

Wise - you can mess up badly fiddling with stuff like that - mostly it messes the answers you get. Nice to know this is an un-fiddled system.

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it's so complicated now that it's simple.

huh -tell me about it. It's enough to drive you to slackware.

Daravon · 02-16-2009, 11:32 PM

Not kde right now. I do have kubuntu-desktop installed because my wife prefers KDE. I use amaroK even in gnome because it's the only decent audio player I've found that plays gaplessly. I need sound to work in KDE too...is that impossible? I didn't think desktop environment would change sound that much.

The single slider in alsamixer says "Master".

Clicking on the little gnome speaker icon and going to preferences, it pops up a dialog that says "select device to track and control", then there is both a drop-down menu and a list of devices. I didn't do anything because this doesn't even make real sense. Do I select the device in the dropdown or from the list?

Code:

chaz@brutus:~/video/dvds$ asoundconf list
Names of available sound cards:
NVidia

Also

Code:

chaz@brutus:~/video/dvds$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Code:

chaz@brutus:~/video/dvds$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:11.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:06.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
chaz@brutus:~/video/dvds$

Simon Bridge · 02-16-2009, 11:57 PM

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00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)

That'll be why you keep having trouble. I take it you have the restricted driver installed?

rt-click on the volume control applet, select "open volume control" - a dialog opens up.

The dialog is called "Volume Control:" and a video-card name. It has 3 drop-down menus - "File Edit Help"

Select Edit > preferences to get a dialog called "Volume Control Preferences". It has a bunch of check-boxes next to slider names. Check all the ones you want to see and exit.

Now adjust the sliders in the volume control.

(If the wrong sound card shows up in the title - you need to change this. rt-click the applet again, select preferences, and select the soundcard.) I suspect you want the ALC888 Digital one. This can be managed on CLI too, with asoundconf set-default-card

Daravon · 02-17-2009, 12:08 AM

Yes I installed the restricted Nvidia driver after I installed.

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The dialog is called "Volume Control:" and a video-card name. It has 3 drop-down menus - "File Edit Help"

Not mine: http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...Screenshot.jpg

Not sure what to do at this point. I can click the Preferences button at the bottom of the pictured dialog. It has the check boxes next to various "Select Tracks to be Visible". IEC958 is already checked, but it says 'switch' next to it rather than 'playback'. I checked the box in the 'switch' tab of the pictured dialog, and now I have sound with Rhythbox! A nearly infinite improvement over no sound. Thank you very much for your help. I never would have figured it out probably. There needs to be a 'man gui widgets' command.

I tried Amarok but it crashed, I don't know if it's a big problem or not. Actually all kde apps have been very unstable; I think it must be the KDE 4.1 thing. I don't know if there is another music player that as gapless playback or not. I may have to find one because amarok crashes when I try to play anything.

Simon Bridge · 02-17-2009, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Daravon

Yes I installed the restricted Nvidia driver after I installed.

Not mine: http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...Screenshot.jpg

Yes yes - that's the one...

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Not sure what to do at this point. I can click the Preferences button at the bottom of the pictured dialog. It has the check boxes next to various "Select Tracks to be Visible". IEC958 is already checked, but it says 'switch' next to it rather than 'playback'. I checked the box in the 'switch' tab of the pictured dialog, and now I have sound with Rhythbox!

Well done, that was exactly right. Go through the list and see what the others are.

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A nearly infinite improvement over no sound. Thank you very much for your help. I never would have figured it out probably.

Don't forget to click the thumbs-up at the bottom of the helpful post.

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There needs to be a 'man gui widgets' command.

I know what you mean - it took me years to notice this little feature because I was so used to non-gui methods.

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I tried Amarok but it crashed, I don't know if it's a big problem or not.

Amarok is cool, but have a play with Rythmbox - it does mostly the same stuff.

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Actually all kde apps have been very unstable; I think it must be the KDE 4.1 thing. I don't know if there is another music player that as gapless playback or not. I may have to find one because amarok crashes when I try to play anything.

Hmmm... you may be missing a dependency.

I usually advise - either use Kubuntu completely, or custom gnome to work like you feel more comfy.

How you installed the desktop may be an issue too - get it a little wrong and important bits go missing.

Daravon · 02-24-2009, 11:01 PM

My music is once again not playing. All music applications I've tried including Amarok, Rhythmbox, and Audacious actually crash when attempting to play wavs, flacs, or mp3s. I'm surprised there is no better failure mode, but I have to use xkill every time.

Once again, the hardware is working because mplayer -ac hwac3 sends decodable Dolby 5.1 from dvds to my reciever. Mplayer itself stops and shows ??? when attempting to use mplayer to play music, though. Lsof only shows

Code:

lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/jami/.gvfs
      Output information may be incomplete.

The preferences>sound>'test' buttons are all silent.

The switch in the speaker applet for IEC 958 that I originally checked to get sound working is still checked.

I'm at a loss as to how to further diagnose my no-sound-unless-it's-mplayer-sending-an-ac3-stream sound problem.

Simon Bridge · 02-25-2009, 02:03 AM

Something changed then - did you update anything? Did you install anything? Did you remove anything?

The warning is fine, and not part of your problem.
gvfs is the gnome virtual file system - lsof, which is sending the message, does not have full access to this but does not need it.

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when attempting to use mplayer to play music

This is too vague - what do you mean by "music"? Do you mean a proprietary format audio file like wma or mp3?

As with previous advise - try to play a free-format audio file.

Invoke mplayer from the commandline - it provides lots of information about what it's doing when you do that.

Daravon · 02-26-2009, 10:38 PM

I have probably installed a program here or there, but nothing media-related as far as I know. I always run mplayer from the command line. It acts as though it is going to play, says it detects PCM audio and no video and then says playing... but the debug numbers at the bottom freeze and some of them are replaced by question marks. I have to Ctrl+C out of it. This is the same behavior as gui players which attempt to play the media, then freeze. I have tried flacs ripped from my CDs, downloaded mp3s, and wavs that I recorded myself.

Except now I'm noticing that it says 'cannot connect to socket'.

Code:

chaz@brutus:~/music/recordings/2001 Soundtrack$ mplayer side\ 1.flac 
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5400+ (Family: 15, Model: 107, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf doesn't look like a bitmap font description, ignoring.
Cannot load bitmap font: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing side 1.flac.
Audio file file format detected.
==========================================================================
Forced audio codec: mad
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 632.4 kbit/44.82% (ratio: 79054->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffflac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg FLAC audio decoder)
==========================================================================
AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A:   0.8 (00.8) of 1167.0 (19:27.0) ??,?%

Simon Bridge · 02-27-2009, 04:46 AM

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Cannot load bitmap font: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory

Try using a bitmap font. (Reset to mplayer default fonts.)
Have you changed the location of your ms fonts?

It looks like you have put your fonts in a non-standard location. This may confuse some applications.

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Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Presumably you do not have a remote control.

Try upping the verbosity level:

mplayer -nolirc −vv 1.flac

... possibly play with the audio-out -ao flag - possible options are pulse, alsa, and esd.

... but it looks like there may be something wrong with the file (the ??:?? means that mplayer cannot identify part of the stream) - which is odd, since it is so unlikely that the same thing is wrong with all your files. Make sure the file plays in another system - like a portable media player. This was ripped from a CD? How? Can you play the CD OK? Is this a file you have previously been able to play?

If none of this presents any clues, then it is too subtle to appear in this way. You'll have to either get someone to come and look or purge all your players, pick one, install it a-fesh.

Daravon · 02-27-2009, 09:46 AM

Well I have a large collection of music, most of it ripped myself, I also have a bunch of vinyl recordings I recorded myself, and some downloaded mp3s. Nothing works. With any player; gui players like Amarok, aqualung, rhythmbox, and xine all freeze when attempting to play music. They try to open it and play it but then freeze. I tried copying some of this music off to a flash drive and playing it with my netbook and it played fine with both amarok and mplayer there. mpayer doesn't take -vv but I tried -v. The fonts thing is most likely because I have custom subtitle fonts in my mplayer.conf, and those fonts are probably somewhere else on this system.

Code:

chaz@brutus:~/music/lossless/Jesus and Mary Chain, the$ mplayer -nolirc -v *
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5400+ (Family: 15, Model: 107, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading /home/chaz/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/chaz/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Configuration: --enable-runtime-cpudetection --prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc/mplayer --mandir=/usr/share/man --win32codecsdir=/usr/lib/win32 --enable-largefiles --disable-libdvdcss-internal --enable-smb --enable-ftp --enable-cdparanoia --enable-radio --enable-lirc --enable-joystick --enable-xf86keysym --disable-tremor-internal --enable-liba52 --enable-musepack --enable-speex --enable-libvorbis --enable-mad --enable-mp3lib --enable-theora --enable-libdv --enable-libmpeg2 --enable-tv-v4l2 --enable-alsa --enable-ossaudio --enable-esd --enable-arts --enable-pulse --enable-nas --enable-xinerama --enable-menu --enable-xv --enable-vm --enable-gl --enable-xmga --enable-mga --enable-3dfx --enable-tdfxfb --enable-sdl --enable-aa --enable-caca --enable-dxr3 --enable-xvmc --with-xvmclib=XvMCW --enable-ggi --enable-fbdev --disable-ivtv --enable-freetype --enable-gif --enable-png --enable-jpeg --enable-liblzo --enable-fribidi --enable-ladspa --enable-libamr_nb --enable-libamr_wb --enable-faac --enable-gui --enable-mencoder
CommandLine: '-nolirc' '-v' '01 Just Like Honey.flac' '02 The Living End.flac' '03 Taste the Floor.flac' '04 The Hardest Walk.flac' '05 Cut Dead.flac' '06 In a Hole.flac' '07 Taste of Cindy.flac' '08 Some Candy Talking.flac' '09 Never Understand.flac' '10 Inside Me.flac' '11 Sowing Seeds.flac' '12 My Little Underground.flac' '13 You Trip Me Up.flac' '14 Something's Wrong.flac' '15 It's So Hard.flac'
init_freetype
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf doesn't look like a bitmap font description, ignoring.
Cannot load bitmap font: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
get_path('fonts') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/fonts'
Using nanosleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /home/chaz/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Parsing input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 81 binds
get_path('01 Just Like Honey.flac.conf') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/01 Just Like Honey.flac.conf'

Playing 01 Just Like Honey.flac.
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/sub/'
[file] File size is 21791098 bytes
STREAM: [file] 01 Just Like Honey.flac
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
LAVF_check: MPEG audio
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
Checking for NuppelVideo
Checking for REAL
Checking for SMJPEG
Searching demuxer type for filename 01 Just Like Honey.flac ext: .flac
Trying demuxer 17 based on filename extension
==> Found audio stream: 0
demux_audio: seeking from 0x8 to start pos 0x10CC
demux_audio: audio data 0x10CC - 0x14C817A  
Audio file file format detected.
==========================================================================
Forced audio codec: mad
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
dec_audio: Allocating 192000 + 65536 = 257536 bytes for output buffer.
FFmpeg's libavcodec audio codec
INFO: libavcodec init OK!
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 949.9 kbit/67.31% (ratio: 118733->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffflac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg FLAC audio decoder)
==========================================================================
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 0Hz/0ch/??...
[libaf] Adding filter dummy 
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
AO: Description: PulseAudio audio output
AO: Author: Lennart Poettering
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
Video: no video
Freeing 0 unused video chunks.
Starting playback...
A:   0.6 (00.5) of 183.0 (03:03.0) ??,?%

Simon Bridge · 02-28-2009, 08:07 PM

try again - change audio out to alsa

mplayer -nolirc -v -v -ao alsa 1.flac

note: each "-v" increases the verbosity by one.
So far - the only additions of interest are:

LAVF_check: MPEG audio
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
ASF_check: not ASF guid!

and the reinitializations.

However - mplayer still ends up using the correct codec for playing the flac.
I'd like to see the output for attempts on a wav and a vorbis file.
I'd like to see this tried for a file which previously could be played on this system.

You should also check dmesg output right after a failed playback.

I suspect that reinstalling your sound will fix this problem.

Daravon · 03-18-2009, 01:12 AM

I moved several weeks ago, and after moving the computer, rebooting it, and hooking it up, sound has been working. But the problem has returned now, with the freezing applications and all.

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I suspect that reinstalling your sound will fix this problem.

How does one reinstall one's "sound"? There isn't seriously a package called "sound" I don't suppose.

Code:

chaz@brutus:~/music/recordings/The Nightfly$ mplayer -nolirc -v -v -ao alsa thenightfly.flac 
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5400+ (Family: 15, Model: 107, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
this_opt = option: ao
Setting ao=alsa
Adding file thenightfly.flac
Config pushed level is now 2
Config pushed level is now 3
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading /home/chaz/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/chaz/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Configuration: --enable-runtime-cpudetection --prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc/mplayer --mandir=/usr/share/man --win32codecsdir=/usr/lib/win32 --enable-largefiles --disable-libdvdcss-internal --enable-smb --enable-ftp --enable-cdparanoia --enable-radio --enable-lirc --enable-joystick --enable-xf86keysym --disable-tremor-internal --enable-liba52 --enable-musepack --enable-speex --enable-libvorbis --enable-mad --enable-mp3lib --enable-theora --enable-libdv --enable-libmpeg2 --enable-tv-v4l2 --enable-alsa --enable-ossaudio --enable-esd --enable-arts --enable-pulse --enable-nas --enable-xinerama --enable-menu --enable-xv --enable-vm --enable-gl --enable-xmga --enable-mga --enable-3dfx --enable-tdfxfb --enable-sdl --enable-aa --enable-caca --enable-dxr3 --enable-xvmc --with-xvmclib=XvMCW --enable-ggi --enable-fbdev --disable-ivtv --enable-freetype --enable-gif --enable-png --enable-jpeg --enable-liblzo --enable-fribidi --enable-ladspa --enable-libamr_nb --enable-libamr_wb --enable-faac --enable-gui --enable-mencoder
CommandLine: '-nolirc' '-v' '-v' '-ao' 'alsa' 'thenightfly.flac'
init_freetype
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf doesn't look like a bitmap font description, ignoring.
Cannot load bitmap font: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
get_path('fonts') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/fonts'
Using nanosleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /home/chaz/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Parsing input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 81 binds
get_path('thenightfly.flac.conf') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/thenightfly.flac.conf'

[[[init getch2]]]

Playing thenightfly.flac.
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/sub/'
[file] File size is 266332245 bytes
STREAM: [file] thenightfly.flac
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
s->pos=0  newpos=0  new_bufpos=0  buflen=0  
LAVF_check: raw flac
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
Checking for NuppelVideo
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
Checking for REAL
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
Checking for SMJPEG
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
[mkv] no head found
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
Ogg demuxer : Bad page sync
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x23662b0
Searching demuxer type for filename thenightfly.flac ext: .flac
Trying demuxer 17 based on filename extension
s->pos=1000  newpos=0  new_bufpos=0  buflen=0  
head_check failed
==> Found audio stream: 0
demux_audio: seeking from 0x9A to start pos 0x0
demux_audio: audio data 0x0 - 0xFDFE855  
Audio file file format detected.
==========================================================================
Forced audio codec: mad
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
dec_audio: Allocating 192000 + 65536 = 257536 bytes for output buffer.
FFmpeg's libavcodec audio codec
INFO: libavcodec init OK!
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 902.4 kbit/63.95% (ratio: 112805->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffflac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg FLAC audio decoder)
==========================================================================
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 0Hz/0ch/??...
[libaf] Adding filter dummy 
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
alsa-init: requested format: 44100 Hz, 2 channels, 9
alsa-init: using ALSA 1.0.17a
alsa-init: setup for 1/2 channel(s)
alsa-init: using device default
alsa-init: pcm opened in blocking mode
alsa-init: chunksize set to 1024
alsa-init: fragcount=16
alsa-init: got buffersize=65536
alsa-init: got period size 1024
alsa: 44100 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/65536 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian
AO: [alsa] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
AO: Description: ALSA-0.9.x-1.x audio output
AO: Author: Alex Beregszaszi, Zsolt Barat <joy@streamminister.de>
AO: Comment: under developement
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
Video: no video
Freeing 0 unused video chunks.
Starting playback...

decaudio: minlen=65536 maxlen=65536 declen=65536 (max=257536)
decaudio: decoding 60928 bytes, max: 252928 (192000)
decaudio: declen=65536 out=65536 (max 65536)
A:   1.0 (00.9) of 2360.0 (39:20.0) ??,?%

and for a wav

Code:

chaz@brutus:~/music/wavs/lab2$ mplayer -nolirc -v -v -ao alsa planet\ telex.wav 
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5400+ (Family: 15, Model: 107, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
this_opt = option: ao
Setting ao=alsa
Adding file planet telex.wav
Config pushed level is now 2
Config pushed level is now 3
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading /home/chaz/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/chaz/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Configuration: --enable-runtime-cpudetection --prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc/mplayer --mandir=/usr/share/man --win32codecsdir=/usr/lib/win32 --enable-largefiles --disable-libdvdcss-internal --enable-smb --enable-ftp --enable-cdparanoia --enable-radio --enable-lirc --enable-joystick --enable-xf86keysym --disable-tremor-internal --enable-liba52 --enable-musepack --enable-speex --enable-libvorbis --enable-mad --enable-mp3lib --enable-theora --enable-libdv --enable-libmpeg2 --enable-tv-v4l2 --enable-alsa --enable-ossaudio --enable-esd --enable-arts --enable-pulse --enable-nas --enable-xinerama --enable-menu --enable-xv --enable-vm --enable-gl --enable-xmga --enable-mga --enable-3dfx --enable-tdfxfb --enable-sdl --enable-aa --enable-caca --enable-dxr3 --enable-xvmc --with-xvmclib=XvMCW --enable-ggi --enable-fbdev --disable-ivtv --enable-freetype --enable-gif --enable-png --enable-jpeg --enable-liblzo --enable-fribidi --enable-ladspa --enable-libamr_nb --enable-libamr_wb --enable-faac --enable-gui --enable-mencoder
CommandLine: '-nolirc' '-v' '-v' '-ao' 'alsa' 'planet telex.wav'
init_freetype
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf doesn't look like a bitmap font description, ignoring.
Cannot load bitmap font: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
get_path('fonts') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/fonts'
Using nanosleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /home/chaz/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Parsing input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 81 binds
get_path('planet telex.wav.conf') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/planet telex.wav.conf'

[[[init getch2]]]

Playing planet telex.wav.
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/chaz/.mplayer/sub/'
[file] File size is 45558284 bytes
STREAM: [file] planet telex.wav
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
s->pos=0  newpos=0  new_bufpos=0  buflen=0  
LAVF_check: wav format
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
Checking for NuppelVideo
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
Checking for REAL
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
Checking for SMJPEG
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
[mkv] no head found
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
Ogg demuxer : Bad page sync
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x1b7b2c0
Searching demuxer type for filename planet telex.wav ext: .wav
Trying demuxer 17 based on filename extension
s->pos=1000  newpos=0  new_bufpos=0  buflen=0  
==> Found audio stream: 0
======= WAVE Format =======
Format Tag: 1 (0x1)
Channels: 2
Samplerate: 44100
avg byte/sec: 176400
Block align: 4
bits/sample: 16
cbSize: 0
==========================================================================
s->pos=4800  newpos=0  new_bufpos=2C  buflen=0  
demux_audio: audio data 0x2C - 0x2B72A0C  
Audio file file format detected.
==========================================================================
Forced audio codec: mad
Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
dec_audio: Allocating 2048 + 65536 = 67584 bytes for output buffer.
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 1411.2 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 176400->176400)
Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
==========================================================================
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 0Hz/0ch/??...
[libaf] Adding filter dummy 
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
alsa-init: requested format: 44100 Hz, 2 channels, 9
alsa-init: using ALSA 1.0.17a
alsa-init: setup for 1/2 channel(s)
alsa-init: using device default
alsa-init: pcm opened in blocking mode
alsa-init: chunksize set to 1024
alsa-init: fragcount=16
alsa-init: got buffersize=65536
alsa-init: got period size 1024
alsa: 44100 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/65536 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian
AO: [alsa] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
AO: Description: ALSA-0.9.x-1.x audio output
AO: Author: Alex Beregszaszi, Zsolt Barat <joy@streamminister.de>
AO: Comment: under developement
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
Video: no video
Freeing 0 unused video chunks.
Starting playback...

decaudio: minlen=65536 maxlen=65536 declen=65536 (max=67584)
decaudio: decoding 65536 bytes, max: 67584 (2048)
decaudio: declen=65536 out=65536 (max 65536)
A:   0.4 (00.3) of 258.0 (04:18.0) ??,?%

Code:

dmesg right after mplayer ??,?% moment

[748135.515520] Too big adjustment 32
...many of these too big adjustment things...
[748135.521833] Too big adjustment 32
[748135.530469] Too big adjustment 32
[760264.126544] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 4
[760401.845191] UDF-fs: No VRS found
[760401.907364] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
[760401.930713] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
[760796.212699] UDF-fs: No VRS found
[760796.275017] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
[760796.297965] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
[761193.315205] UDF-fs: No VRS found
[761193.377537] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
[761193.400617] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
[761494.156648] UDF-fs: No VRS found
[761494.220086] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
[761494.275891] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
chaz@brutus:~/music/wavs/lab2$