[MPlayer-users] mpeg -> dxr3 hwac3 sound

[David Holm]

On Tuesday 12 November 2002 09.54, DEBERT Jean-Louis wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>
> Jaroslav Tulach wrote:
> >  I would like to play mpeg2 file thru my dxr3 card. Video
> >  works fine, but
> >  audio always prints "Audio: no sound!". Btw. playing DVD works, even
> >  with sound. Here is the command I use
> >
> >  mplayer -vo dxr3:noprebuf -ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma -ac hwac3
>
> I don't have the source available right now, but I'm pretty sure
> that the device is /dev/em8300_ma-0   (the -0 at the end is
> the card number since the driver allows for several ...)
> This would explain the "Audio: no sound!" because it could never
> open the device specified in your command line.

This is true, though some people have probably installed the devfs rules which 
symlink the first device to /dev/em8300_ma etc.
Using the -0 devices is preferred though.

//David Holm