FS#518 - mplayer alsa is disabled - should be enabled now kernel is 2.6

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Robert Jessop (robertjessop) - Saturday, 06 March 2004, 22:02 GMT
Last edited by Judd Vinet (judd) - Sunday, 07 March 2004, 01:48 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To dorphell (dorphell)
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.6 Widget
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Sound doesn't work in MPlayer! Remove --disable-alsa from the PKGBUILD and add alsa-lib as a dependency.

I have tested this and it compiles fine and fixes the problem.
(application/octet-stream)    PKGBUILD (1.6 KiB)
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Closed by  dorphell (dorphell)
Sunday, 07 March 2004, 07:05 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Robert Jessop (robertjessop) - Saturday, 06 March 2004, 22:06 GMT
Oh, and you have to select alsa9 in mplayer preferences because oss is selected by default. Can you change the default easily?
Comment by Robert Jessop (robertjessop) - Saturday, 06 March 2004, 22:35 GMT
I am now getting some INET6 errors from mplayer though. unless you have any ideas to fix it then add --disable-inet6 to the configure in the PKGBUILD.
Comment by Robert Jessop (robertjessop) - Saturday, 06 March 2004, 23:12 GMT
OK, I did manage to play one streamed wmv with my new build and with sound, but now it just seems to crash and freeze whatever I try to play. ??
Comment by Robert Jessop (robertjessop) - Saturday, 06 March 2004, 23:48 GMT
OK I gave up on getting a new compile working and went back to the default one. As a work-around I managed to get OSS emulation working so I can have sound in MPlayer.

I followed the instructions at the bottom of the Arch install guide and on the ALSA website: http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/OSS-Emulation.html

Since arch doesn't use kmod I added the devices to my rc.conf too.

ALSA would be nicer, if you guys can get it to work.
Comment by dorphell (dorphell) - Sunday, 07 March 2004, 01:56 GMT
I've already mentioned this in an another br, alsa support will be enabled in the next time i release it, not releasing it yet so you'll just have to hold it in =].
Comment by dorphell (dorphell) - Sunday, 07 March 2004, 01:58 GMT
as for your problem Robert.. I'd suggest you temporerly remove inet6, compile mplayer, and install inet6 again as lots of --disable-XXXX don't work in mplayer (alsa included)
Comment by dorphell (dorphell) - Sunday, 07 March 2004, 07:05 GMT
Okay, I'll just upgrade now, doesn't look like mplayer will have another release soon.. shame since cvs is 4x more stable and bugfix'ish than 1.0pre3 and below

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