FS#26394 - [pulseaudio,mpd,dbus] - mpd cannot play using pulseaudio
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Opened by John (graysky) - Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 12:12 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 19:53 GMT
Opened by John (graysky) - Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 12:12 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 19:53 GMT
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Details
Description: Not too sure where the problem is so I tagged
this with all three packages. Recently, mpd stopped playing
on my system (xfce4/pulseaudio). Seems like mpd's requests
to use pulseaudio are blocked. However, pulse works with
vlc, mplayer, flash, etc. just fine.
# tail -f /var/log/mpd/mpd.log output: Failed to enable "pulse audio" [pulse]: pa_context_connect() has failed: Connection refused output: Failed to enable "pulse audio" [pulse]: pa_context_connect() has failed: Connection refused output: Failed to enable "pulse audio" [pulse]: pa_context_connect() has failed: Connection refused player_thread: problems opening audio device while playing "Not_So_Hard_Stuff/Disturbed-The Sickness-2000/01_Voices.flac" #tail -f /var/log/errors.log localhost pulseaudio[5128]: [pulseaudio] server-lookup.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 localhost pulseaudio[5125]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed. I can confirm that pulseaudio is running: $ ps aux | grep pulse USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND facade 1888 0.0 0.0 239152 6460 ? S<l 14:32 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start facade 1902 0.0 0.0 93668 2844 ? S 14:32 0:00 /usr/lib/pulse/gconf-helper Additional info: * package version(s) pulseaudio 1.0-3 mpd 0.16.4-1 dbus 1.4.16-1 Steps to reproduce: 1) Log into DE 2) rc.d start mpd 3) Try to play a song |
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Closed by Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 19:53 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: Working as intended.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 19:53 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: Working as intended.
$ sed '/#/d' /etc/mpd.conf
music_directory "/media/data/all_genres"
playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
db_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"
pid_file "/var/run/mpd/mpd.pid"
state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate"
user "mpd"
gapless_mp3_playback "yes"
zeroconf_enabled "yes"
zeroconf_name "Music Player"
input {
plugin "curl"
}
audio_output {
type "pulse"
name "pulse audio"
}
mixer_type "software"
audio_buffer_size "35000"
buffer_before_play "5%"