[MPlayer-users] mplayer can't open/init audio device -> no sound

[Zdenek Pizl]

On Tuesday 22 October 2002 14:10, Arpi wrote:

1.
> RTFM!!!  http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/DOCS

a)
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/sound.html has four lines about arts. One is 
describing native arts and the rest describes the SDL. The way of 
terminating/disabling artsd is not applicable.

Using artsdsp mplayer -ao sdl ... ?? Hmm, i have the same result as with 
-ao arts = no sound

b)
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/faq.html#driver has been describing how to made 
mplayer to use artsd (-ao arts). But i try it and i have problem that it 
doesn't work.

c)
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/#known_bugs has no arts information

Is there another part of documentation describing artsd benefits and issues ?

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2.
> Search:  http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch

a)
three semirelevant articles and many irrelevant ones can be found. Nothing is 
applicable to our problem - that mplayer using -ao arts cannot connect artsd 
(and artsd is definitively running !)

b)
I grep-ed english docs (grep -i arts *.html) - there is nothing interesting in 
addition to above mentioned info.

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so although i've read docs through to end i hadn't found help. That's the 
reason why i asked in mailing list. 

Instead shouting with exclamation marks to me, you'd better improve 
documentation, take lessons of politeness or simply be quiet! Because i'm not 
interesting in bullshit, i am curious to some reasonable solution of my 
problem.

And the last thing: In case you'll answer in such manner as you did, there 
will never be a chance to find some good information in mplayer mailing list.

with regards 
			z.p.

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z.p.