[MPlayer-users] MPlayer and DTS 5.1 (surround)

[Ulion]

2007/9/14, deepak <deepak.babel at laposte.net>:
> I compiled the svn version, and am now able to play the file, but get
> 2-channel output instead of 5.1:
> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
> d at d-ubuntu:/media/music$ mplayer chd-disc2.avi
> MPlayer dev-SVN-r24441-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 165 (Family: 15, Model: 35,
> Stepping: 2)
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE SSE2
> mplayer: could not connect to socket
> mplayer: No such file or directory
> Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
> control.
>
> Playing chd-disc2.avi.
> AVI file format detected.
> [aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
> [aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
> AVI: ODML: Building ODML index (2 superindexchunks).
> AVI: ODML: Broken (incomplete?) file detected. Will use traditional index.
> VIDEO:  [XVID]  1280x528  12bpp  23.976 fps  5528.4 kbps (674.9 kbyte/s)
> Clip info:
>  Software: VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
> Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
> ==========================================================================
> ==========================================================================
> Opening audio decoder: [libdca] DTS decoding with libdca
> Stream with high frequencies VQ coding
> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 1536.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 192000->192000)
> Selected audio codec: [dts] afm: libdca (DTS-libdca)
> ==========================================================================
> AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
> Starting playback...
> VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 528 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
> VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
> Movie-Aspect is 2.42:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> VO: [xv] 1280x528 => 1280x528 Planar YV12
> New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong. 1 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0
> Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
> subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.
> No bind found for key 'MOUSE_BTN0'.                         4% 0 0
> A:  15.5 V:  15.5 A-V:  0.002 ct:  0.005 372/372 17%  0%  5.1% 0 0
> Exiting... (Quit)
> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
>
> If I give the file the "channels 6" switch, the sound is a barely
> intelligible hum.
>
> Any ideas?
>

Try mplayer -v with also channels parameter to see what's the output.
And maybe you can try ao=alsa

-- 
Ulion