FS#57783 - [libao] ogg123 - ERROR: Cannot open device pulse.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Georg Wolfram (Gosi) - Saturday, 10 March 2018, 19:46 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 12 March 2018, 16:23 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

ogg123 cannot use pulseaudio as output, because of a defective line in libao.conf

/etc/libao.conf (defective):
default_driver=pulse
dev=default
quiet


$ ogg123 10\ -\ Nothin\ but\ Time.flac

Audio Device: PulseAudio Output

Playing: 10 - Nothin but Time.flac
FLAC stream: 16 bits, 2 channel, 44100 Hz
Artist: Cat Power
Title: Nothin but Time
Track number: 10
Date: 2012
Album: Sun
ERROR: Cannot open device pulse.


By removing the line "dev=default" ogg123 starts playing again.

/etc/libao.conf (working):
default_driver=pulse
quiet
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Monday, 12 March 2018, 16:23 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  default_driver is alsa
Comment by Georg Wolfram (Gosi) - Saturday, 10 March 2018, 22:27 GMT
Sorry, forget about this. It is already mentioned in the wiki, I should have looked there first.

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