[nmglug] mplayer alsa

[BrianO'Keefe]

BrianO'Keefe wrote:
> Sam Noble wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 15:04 -0700, BrianO'Keefe wrote:
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>>> 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? 
>>>     
>>>       
>> That means that maybe:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>>>>>>>>> @ubuntu:~$ mplayer -ao help
>>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>>>>                     
>> is not calling the same mplayer you're normally running.
>>
>> $which mplayer
>>
>> would tell us something.
>>   
>>     
> Here's the output:
> /usr/local/bin/mplayer
> I checked synaptic and that mplayer version is installed in /usr/bin and
> it will not run at all!
>   
>>  /usr/bin/gmplayer
>> MPlayer 2:0.99+1.0pre7try2+cvs20060117-0ubuntu8 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
>> AltiVec found
>> CPU: PowerPC
>>
>>
>>
>> 91 audio & 204 video codecs
>> Failed to open /dev/rtc: No such file or directory (it should be
>> readable by the user.)
>> Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0
>> Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
>> Can't init input joystick
>> Setting up LIRC support...
>> 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.
>> [skin] file ( /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/Blue/skin ) not found.
>> Selected skin ( Blue ) not found, trying 'default'...
>> [skin] file ( /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin ) not found.
>> Skin not found (default).
>>     
>
>   
Well, I copied the skin into the requested location and I can play a
file but no video with '/usr/bin/mplayer'. I guess the mplayer that is
working is the one I compiled and installed in the non-ordinary
directory, /usr/local/bin/mplayer.  I could go further and try to figure
out what's up as I have files in both /usr/local/share and /usr/share.
For me kind of a mess! The mplayer that I pick from the apps menu works
so maybe I'll leave well enough alone!
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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.
>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>                 
>> $gnome-sound-properties
>> tab "sound"
>> untick the first check box.
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> I did and it seems to work! I really hope that I'm providing some humor,
> at least!
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