[MPlayer-users] Re: Sample format big endian AC3 not yet supported

[Anssi Saari]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 08:16:18PM +0200, Fons van der Beek wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]

> After installing the right alsa software, reinstalling Mplayer 0.9.0 I finaly get a blue light on my amplifier
> indicating that the soundcard is functioning in AC3 mode and is passing AC3 throug to the amplifier
> 
> BUT no sound......................................
 
> can anybody give me a clue?
> the only errormessage i get is "[format] Sample format big endian AC3  not yet supported"

I get the same message, but regardless of it I get sound. What about
your volume level? I don't use Alsa, so I don't know much about it,
but a common problem seems to be that by default, output volume is 0.