On 09/17/2014 10:15 AM, Janina Sajka wrote: > But, I can't use mplayer. Am I the only one? Anyone else tried mplayer > on the Multiface? I use mplayer with the jack backend on a RME hdsp card without problems. I can reproduce the problem you describe with the alsa backend. -- Giso > > > For cli tools mplayer gives me the ability to pause, or move backwards > and forwards through the audio file. This is important to me because I > learn music these days by ear. > > I know one can do this in the gui, but as a blind user the Linux gui > audio apps aren't particularly friendly in my experience. Besides, it's > so terribly simple, if rather imprecise, to use spacebar, left-arrow, > and right-arrow. > > The error I get: > > Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder > AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 1536.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: > 192000->192000) > Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM) > ========================================================================== > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:327:(snd_pcm_hw_hw_params) > SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HW_PARAMS failed (-16): Device or resource busy > [AO_ALSA] Unable to set hw-parameters: Device or resource busy > Failed to initialize audio driver 'alsa:device=plughw=8.0' > Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. > Audio: no sound > Video: no video > > > Exiting... (End of file) > > Meanwhile, aplay and ecaplay have no problems. So, I thought I should > ask if anyone else has experienced this before reporting to mplayer > devs. > > TIA > > Janina > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
