On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:45:20 -0400 Jerry Geis <geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am using alsa-1.0.14. > > I am using mplayer 1.0rc1 > > I have installed alsa a number of times. Basically I do this: > > cd $WHERE/$DRIVER_DIR; ./configure $LIBDIRS > --with-cards=hda-intel,intel8x0 --with-redhat=yes > --with-kernel=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build ; make; make install; > ./snddevices > cd $WHERE/$LIB_DIR; ./configure $LIBDIRS; make; make install > cd $WHERE/$OSS_DIR; ./configure $OSSDIRS; make; make install > cd $WHERE/$UTILS_DIR; ./configure $LIBDIRS; make; make install > > When I am using mplayer and I run "mplayer movie.wmv" it works with > sound. mplayer reports: > AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) > Starting playback... > > > When I run "mplayer -ao alsa:noblock movie.wmv" or "mplayer -ao alsa > movie.wmv" > I see video but no audio. > mplayer reports: > Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. > Audio: no sound > > > What is wrong with alsa that it is not working for sound with mplayer > and wmv. > Actually the same is true for avi's I tried also. > > Jerry > Actually this is probably an mplayer configuration issue. I can't remember, but I think it defaults to oss. There should be a way to tell it to use alsa instead. If not, checkout from subversion and configure it for alsa before building it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user