Hi, All: Thanks to everyone who responded suggesting I start using jack to solve my problem with mplayer and my Multiface. Trying to start jacd from the command line as root I fail for lack of an X-server. Starting as my ordinary user I get: no message buffer overruns JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 20 audio_reservation_init Acquire audio card Audio8 creating alsa driver ... hw:8|hw:8|256|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit configuring for 48000Hz, period = 256 frames (5.3 ms), buffer = 2 periods ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 32bit integer little-endian ALSA: use 2 periods for capture ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit integer little-endian ALSA: use 2 periods for playback Using port names patch v0.1 (07.04.2010) Trying to load portnames from /home/janina/.config/jack/cards/Hammerfall DSP.ss.ports.in Trying to load portnames from /home/janina/.config/jack/cards/Hammerfall DSP.ports.in Trying to load portnames from /etc/jack/cards/Hammerfall DSP.ss.ports.in Trying to load portnames from /etc/jack/cards/Hammerfall DSP.ports.in Trying to load portnames from /home/janina/.config/jack/cards/Hammerfall DSP.ss.ports.out Trying to load portnames from /home/janina/.config/jack/cards/Hammerfall DSP.ports.out Trying to load portnames from /etc/jack/cards/Hammerfall DSP.ss.ports.out Trying to load portnames from /etc/jack/cards/Hammerfall DSP.ports.out And, things just sit there seemingly forever. All suggestions much appreciated. Please note I can't use gui tools as none are Orca friendly, afaik. Janina Giso Grimm writes: > 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 -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
