Just to keep you posted, if you're still interested; I migrated to alsa-drivers from using the kernel drivers. That alone didn't seem to fix anything. So, I updated to the 1.0_pre7-r1 version of mplayer and that seemed to take care of the alsa issue with the wav files.
I'm still having trouble playing dvds though. But that's really a separate issue. On 2/28/06, Mike Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard Fish wrote: > > >On 2/28/06, Mike Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I seem to get that error regardless of what I'm playing. I can play > >>some files, like mp3s with the ao=alsa and that message will still > >>appear, but it plays anyway. > >> > >> > > > >Ok, theorizing time. (ie., I have absolute no idea whether this is > >right or not) > > > >It sounds like this may be related to the sampling frequency of the > >generated PCM. If some application (like arts) is using /dev/dsp and > >programming a specific rate (like 44100Hz), then when another > >application (like mplayer) wants to generate PCM, it must program a > >different rate (the wav file in your original message uses a 8000Hz > >rate). But the card cannot be changed to the 8kHz rate because the > >original application is still "using" the OSS device. > > > > > The weird thing is that this was totally working great before modular > Xorg. I'm really thinking it's just a matter of reinstalling > something. I just don't know what. Also, when I play the .wav file, it > plays for like a split second, and then mplayer just hangs. But I do > hear it for that first short second. > > >If you play through arts, it handles the rate conversions for you, so > >everything works. > > > >You can test this by trying "mplayer -srate 44100 -ao arts file.wav". > >You can try different rates, or carefully examine the output of > >mplayer with an mp3 to see what rate it is using there. > > > >One last question: do you have a ~/.asoundrc file, and if so, what is in it? > > > >-Richard > > > > > > > Here's the output from doing that: > > /Desktop $ mplayer -vo alsa -srate 44100 file.wav > MPlayer dev-CVS-060217-04:46-3.4.4 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team > CPU: Intel Pentium M Dothan (Family: 6, Stepping: 8) > MMX supported but disabled > MMX2 supported but disabled > CPUflags: MMX: 0 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 > Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: SSE SSE2 > > > > 91 audio & 206 video codecs > Playing 2006-02-27 13-42-42.wav. > Audio file file format detected. > ========================================================================== > Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder > AUDIO: 8000 Hz, 1 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 16000->16000) > Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM) > ========================================================================== > [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or > resource busy > alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: default > alsa: 44100 Hz/1 channels/2 bpf/30104 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little > Endian > AO: [alsa] 44100Hz 1ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) > Video: no video > Starting playback... > A: 0.0 (00.0) of 2991.0 (49:51.0) ??,?% > > It does the same, plays for a short second and then it still locks up. > I have an mp3 that runs at that rate and it works fine. > > Thanks a lot for your help and patience so far, btw. I really > appreciate it. > > Mike > -- Mike Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yaay.us -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
