[nmglug] mplayer

[BrianO'Keefe]

BrianO'Keefe wrote:
> BrianO'Keefe wrote:
>   
>> Anthony Martinez wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> BrianO'Keefe wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> Hopefully there's some help for my problem. I had mplayer working great
>>>>> and playing .wmv files just fine. I installed Gnash to play flash and
>>>>> installed it from source. I didn't select any options when I installed
>>>>> Gnash and it does play flash in firefox-great!
>>>>> But now I have no sound in mplayer for any video type, .wmv, mpeg,
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> .mov,
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> etc.
>>>>> I get this in a terminal. Help is greatly appreciated and many thanks!
>>>>> Happy holidays! Oh, I can play mpegs with vlc or totem and the sound is
>>>>> fine so I don't understand the error.
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> MPlayer is configured to use OSS instead of Alsa. Try  changing
>>> /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf to say "ao=alsa," instead of "ao=oss,".
>>> Might work.
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> mplayer /home/brianokeefe/Desktop/geniusbird.wmv
>>>>> MPlayer dev-SVN-r19849-4.0.3 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
>>>>> AltiVec found
>>>>> CPU: PowerPC
>>>>>
>>>>> Playing /home/brianokeefe/Desktop/geniusbird.wmv.
>>>>> ASF file format detected.
>>>>> VIDEO:  [WMV3]  320x240  24bpp  1000.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> ==========================================================================
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> Requested video codec family [wmv9dmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
>>>>> Enable it at compilation.
>>>>> Requested video codec family [wmvdmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
>>>>> Enable it at compilation.
>>>>> Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
>>>>> Selected video codec: [ffwmv3] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg M$ WMV3/WMV9)
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> ==========================================================================
>>>     
>>> ==========================================================================
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
>>>>> AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 1 ch, s16be, 20.0 kbit/5.67% (ratio: 2501->44100)
>>>>> Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> ==========================================================================
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or
>>>>> resource busy
>>>>> ao_nas: init(): Can't open nas audio server -> nosound
>>>>> Opening /dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0
>>>>> DVB AUDIO DEVICE: No such file or directory
>>>>> AO: [null] 22050Hz 1ch s16be (2 bytes per sample)
>>>>> Starting playback...
>>>>> VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
>>>>> VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
>>>>> Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
>>>>> VO: [x11] 320x240 => 320x240 Planar YV12
>>>>> SwScaler: using unscaled 0x32315659 (21VY) -> 0x42475220 (BGR ) special
>>>>> converter
>>>>> A:   7.6 V:   7.6 A-V:  0.006 ct: -0.044  70/ 70 12%  5%  0.9% 2 0
>>>>> Exiting... (Quit)
>>>>>
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>> Thanks Anthony. I tend to do these things and sometimes muck up my
>> system. I'm including the current audio settings in the file and perhaps
>> you can elaborate as it seems that "ao=" several options.
>> Also, i have my mplaer.c file in my home directory and I wonder if that
>> has any bearing on the problem.
>> Thanks again.
>> Brian
>>
>> ##################
>> # audio settings #
>> ##################
>>
>> # Specify default audio driver (see -ao help for a list).
>> ao=alsa,oss,sdl,esd,arts
>>
>> # Use SDL audio driver with the esd subdriver by default.
>> #ao = sdl:esd
>>
>> # Specify the mixer device.
>> #mixer = /dev/mixer
>>
>> # Resample the sound to 44100Hz with the lavcresample audio filter.
>> #af=lavcresample=44100
>>
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> I also ran:
> @ubuntu:~$ mplayer -ao help
> MPlayer dev-SVN-r19849-4.0.3 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
> AltiVec found
> CPU: PowerPC
> Available audio output drivers:
>         oss     OSS/ioctl audio output
>         nas     NAS audio output
>         mpegpes DVB audio output
>         null    Null audio output
>         pcm     RAW PCM/WAVE file writer audio output
>
> I see no alsa driver listed though I have the alsa wrapper for oss
> installed.  ??
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I found that if I run:
killall esd
I then have sound in mplayer. I had seen a post somewhere that made
mention of a script to do this automatically on log in. I have sound
issues anyway so this is at least a bearable solution.
I did change my alsa config to force all sound processes to stop after
suspending but that didn't seem to help:


# Configuration file for alsa-base

# List, separated by spaces, the names of modules that should be
# unloaded, if present, before the machine is suspended. Use the
# special name "all" if you would like all ALSA sound modules to be
# removed. The modules that are removed will be loaded again after
# resume.  Currently this only has an effect if you are using apmd.
# Examples:
#     Value         Action at suspend time
#     ""            Do nothing
#     "snd-cs46xx"  Stop sound processes and remove the snd-cs46xx module
#     "all"         Stop sound processes and remove all ALSA modules
force_unload_modules_before_suspend="all"