[nmglug] mplayer alsa

[BrianO'Keefe]

Anthony Martinez wrote:

> > BrianO'Keefe wrote:
>   
>>>> > >>> @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.  ??
>>>> > >>>
>>>>         
> >
> > Ack. That's a problem. Did you recompile your mplayer yourself? You
> > might want
> > to add support for alsa and esd if you did.
> >
>   
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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.
>>>       
> >
> > esd isn't really necessary now that alsa does dmix in-kernel.
> >
>   
>>> > >> 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"
>>> > >>
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> >
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>   
Thanks Anthony. I had done my own install and that wasn't working as I
couldn't get the gui to work even tho I compiled it with the gui. I
installed it with my package manager, synaptic. I guess I could
uninstall with synaptic and reinstall from source. Advice?

PS. is there a way to enable alsa support without reinstalling?