[MPlayer-users] Solved debian wmv Video used to play but Doesn't now.

[Martin McCormick]

Mike Hodson <mystica at gmail.com> writes:
> Sweet :)
> 
> 
> > The mystery is solved.  That
> > CS4237B is part of the mother board and gives fairly decent audio
> > but it is a bear-bones sound card and there are lots of ways for
> > it not to work.  If I don't put the module in /etc/modules and
> > use udev rules, the usb device and the on-board sound system
> > trade places as Card 1 and Card 0 about 50% of the time after
> > each boot.
> >
> > Personally I'm a fan of pulseaudio and its high quality resampling
> options, and the ability to record either the input of the card, or a
> mirror of its output via pavucontrol.
> 
>  As it would appear you have a 48KHz-only fairly oldschool Cirrus/Crystal
> card with no in-chip resampling like its newer and more featured sibling
> the cs46xx series (Turtle Beach Santa Cruz was my favorite soundcard 
> ever),
> you might just want to add the resample option to your mplayer config
> instead, if using pulse is a non-starter.  This would allow you to just
> keep one cord plugged into the back of your computer for audio to 
> speakers,
> and use the USB device for recording, or on the go.  I for one hate extra
> things attached to my computer; I bump things all the time, and have 
> broken
> both flash drives and knocked spinning USB disks off of my desk before..
> 
> Glad you've found a solution, and I hope you check into resampling either
> in mplayer, or in the audio subsystem(s) underneath of it. As my 20 years
> with Linux keeps proving, there are many paths leading to the same goal -
> any goal. ;)
> 
> Mike

	Hey! The srate option did work.  Had I known a bit more,
i would have just stuck that in and never bothered anybody.  On
this system, pulseaudio never seemed to do much but cause
occasional weird behavior but that could be because I was doing
something wrong with it.  There is an expression that goes, "A
poor craftsman always blames his tools."  I wouldn't exactly call
myself a poor craftsman but I am probably not in the top third of
my class and some days, I'm not even in the top half.

	I started using Linux around 2000 and had been using DEC
Ultrix, Sunos and even a little IBM AIX at work as I first
touched unix in 1989.

	I am now retired so this is what I do for fun.

Again, thanks for the help.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ