[MPlayer-users] sharing sound device

[Sébastien Person]

Le Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:17:11 -0800
"Erick Calder" <e at arix.com> à écrit:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> DOCS/bugreports.html] I want to be able to run mpg123 and mplayer at
> the same time so it was suggested to me that using ESD would allow me
> to do this.
> 
> I thus ran the ESD daemon and tried "-ao sdl:esd" but I get:
> 
> > DL: using esd audio driver
> > SDL: Unable to open audio: No available audio device
> > couldn't open/init audio device -> no sound
> > Audio: no sound!!!
> 
> I see that section 5.4 of the FAQ states:
> 
> "A: Are you running KDE or GNOME with the arts or esd sound daemon?
> Try disabling the sound daemon, or use the -ao arts switch to make
> MPlayer use arts."
> 
> since I seem to need to disable the ESD daemon then I gather it should
> not be running... I shut it down and again tried "-ao sdl:esd" with
> the same result... so I get taht error whether I'm running esd or
> not... wtf?

U must run esd if U want to use -ao sdl:esd. If U succeed could U me
tell me if the sound quality with esd is good or not because I get
noise.


thanks

> 
> I've also tried -ao arts with same result.
> 
> if I am not running the ESD daemon and run "mplayer myfile" it works
> fine. I get audio...  what am I missing here?
> 
> I've also done searches on Google for an answer but find zilch.
> 
> thx - erick
> 
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