[nmglug] mplayer alsa

[BrianO'Keefe]

BrianO'Keefe wrote:
> BrianO'Keefe wrote:
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>> Sam Noble wrote:
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>>> 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? 
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>>> That means that maybe:
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>>>>>>>>>>> @ubuntu:~$ mplayer -ao help
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>>> is not calling the same mplayer you're normally running.
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>>> $which mplayer
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>>> would tell us something.
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>> 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!
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>>>  /usr/bin/gmplayer
>>> MPlayer 2:0.99+1.0pre7try2+cvs20060117-0ubuntu8 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
>>> AltiVec found
>>> CPU: PowerPC
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>>> 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).
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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.
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>>> $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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> Hmmm... no sound again and same terminal output! I didn't change
> anything-honest. I did put the videos that I was testing on a remote
> drive but that shouldn't make a difference.
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Sorry about this! I rebooted and sound is back. I guess it's just flaky!