[MPlayer-users] Re: no joy with latest CVS April%2
michael higgins
michael.higgins at snet.net
Fri Apr 2 05:59:01 CEST 2004
Stephen Stocker wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>>>>Right. It's not a problem but a report of the install from CVS, which I
>>>>just undid immediately thereafter.
>>>>
>>>>It had nothing to do with the info about the stream, it's just all
>>>>there was to post.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
>>>>>Audio: no sound
>>>>>Video: no video
>>>>
>>>>This was the unexpected error.
>
>
> This just occurred to me, what do you get by typing mplayer -ao help?
> MPlayer changed the ALSA driver's name when ALSA changed versions, and
> you may have the old ALSA name set in your .mplayer/config file.
>
> If nothing else, the -ao help command should tell you what audio
> output drivers you have, and you might find one that works. :) Hope
> this makes sense.
>
Thanks Steve. That was it. So, the problem is there's nothing to alert
the unsuspecting person like myself that there's been a change. But
that's fine. I could've read a change log or something, I guess.
Thanks again!
-- mike higgins
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