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

[Zdenek Pizl]

On Tuesday 22 October 2002 20:38, Marcin Bukat wrote:
> > a temporary workaround could be:
> > 	a. 'killall artsd' :-)
> > 	b. start mplayer with soundwrapper..... for example "soundwrapper
> > mplayer -ao oss my.avi", but i haven't tried it
>
> Command like /opt/kde/bin/artsdsp mplayer -ao oss my.avi fails 'cause it
> seems
> that Mplayer sends sound directly to /dev/dsp
> killall artsd might been a solution but it is unconfortable to kill and
> restart daemon enytime someone want watch movie.

strange thing - I've tested it again yesterday evening and sometimes it works, 
sometimes not. Hmmm, i changed nothing in configs and I cannot reproduce it 
on demand :(

-- 
z.p.