[mythtv-users] No Sound In mplayer

[Kichigai Mentat]

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On Mar 26, 2006, at 22.10, Nick Rout wrote:

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> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:01:03 -0600
> Kichigai Mentat wrote:
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>> On Mar 25, 2006, at 18.03, Brian Sutcliff wrote:
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>>> I do not get sound when I use mplayer. This happens both under the
>>> covers in mythtv and running gmplayer stand alone.
>>
>> Then this is a MPlayer problem, and not a MythTV problem. Wrong
>> mailing list.
>
> Thats a bit harsh, mplayer is the default video player in mythtv  
> and if
> it doesn't work this is not an unreasonable place to start. Just  
> because
> you and i are on both lists it doesn't mean the OP wants to join yet
> another mailing list :-)

I didn't mean it to sound harsh, but the MPlayer ML could probably  
help a bit more.

>
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>>>
>>> The sound works when I watch live TV or a recording.
>>>
>>> I have the sound in mythtv set as:
>>>
>>> /dev/dsp1
>>> enabel AC3 to SPDIF
>>> Use internal volume control
>>>
>>>
>>> In the mplayer.conf files i have tried (None of them work) the
>>> following. I got this list from doing mplayer -ao help
>>>
>>>
>>> Available audio output drivers:
>>>         mpegpes DVB audio output
>>>         oss     OSS/ioctl audio output
>>>         alsa    ALSA-0.9.x-1.x audio output
>>>         null    Null audio output
>>>         pcm     RAW PCM/WAVE file writer audio output
>>>
>>> I am using Fedora 4.
>>> 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4
>
>
> try mplayer from the command line with various values of -ao, like
>
> mplayer -ao alsa /file/to/play.avi
> mplayer -ao oss /file/to/play.avi
>
> Also carefully observe the output of mplayer, which appears on the
> command line. there is a lot to read, but thats because the info you
> need is probably there!
>
>
> -- 
> Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz>
>
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