Up front, the mentioned file has changed location, it is now available at http://ftp.kw.bbc.co.uk/backstage/rdtv/episode_1_films/RDTV_ep1_5mins.ogg
Anyway, I tried to play back the file using xine, which greeted me with the message: The audio device in unavailable. Please verify if another program already uses it. The following is from running 'xine --verbose RDTV_ep1_5mins.ogg': audio_alsa_out : supported modes are 8bit 16bit 24bit 32bit mono stereo (4-channel not enabled in xine config) (4.1-channel not enabled in xine config) (5-channel not enabled in xine config) (5.1-channel not enabled in xine config) (a/52 and DTS pass-through not enabled in xine config) [...] gui_xine_open_and_play(): mrl: 'RDTV_ep1_5mins.ogg', sub 'NONE', start_pos 0, start_time 0, av_offset 0, spu_offset 0. [...] ebml: invalid master element xine: found demuxer plugin: OGG demux plugin audio_alsa_out: snd_pcm_open() of plug:surround51:0 failed: Invalid argument audio_alsa_out: >>> check if another program already uses PCM <<< It seems as if xine was trying to open a 5.1 surround output which fails due to the lack of a 5.1-capable system. What I'm wondering is where the common part in that is, are xine and mplayer both using the same code or is it some fault in the file perhaps. cheers Uli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org