[MPlayer-users] mp3 playing with mplayer without soundcard

[Oliver Seitz]

Try this on a machine _with_ a sound card and see (i.e. hear) if it is
what you want:


mkfifo pcmpipe1
mkfifo pcmpipe2
pv pcmpipe1 -L 176400 >pcmpipe2 2>/dev/null &
mplayer pcmpipe2 -ac pcm -demuxer rawaudio </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &
mplayer foo.mp3 -ao pcm:nowaveheader:file=pcmpipe1

You can then use keyboard control to set the volume, speed, ... on the
mplayer which decodes the mp3.

And please do not ask how to avoid the chopped up playback. It is what
you've asked for by not letting the soundcard set the speed.

Of course you can rise the number "176400", but then it is just like you used
cat pcmpipe1 >pcmpipe2
what was my suggestion from the beginning.

Have fun.
Kiste