[MPlayer-users] gmplayer error: "alsa-control: unable to find simple control..."

Tue Aug 1 20:53:12 CEST 2006

On Tuesday, 01 August 2006 at 20:11, August Karlstrom wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> When I try to play any file with gmplayer, an error dialogue saying:
> 
>    alsa-control: unable to find simple control 'PCM',0
> 
> starts flashing. The non-gui version of MPlayer works fine.
> 
> I run the latest Ubuntu GNU/Linux and the version of MPlayer is
> 
>    MPlayer 2:0.99+1.0pre7try2+cvs20060117-0ubuntu8
> 
> My sound card is an M-Audio Audiophile 2496.
> 
> Any ideas?

Yes, your card's mixer in ALSA doesn't have a 'PCM' channel.

Regards,
R.

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