[MPlayer-users] Large delay before video begins playing

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Thursday, 07 April 2005 at 07:16, Kevin Gilbert wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:16, RC wrote:
> > > [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or
> > > resource busy
> > > alsa-init: got device=0, subdevice=0
> > > alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: default
> >
> > Your problem appears to be related to your soundcard, and not to that
> > specific type of file.
> >
> > Are you specifying "-ao oss" or "-ao alsa"?  Do you have esd (esound) or
> > arts running?
> 
> Yes - I am running arts. So, after a little bit of experimentation and 
> Googling, I've put "ao=arts" in by .mplayer/config file all's fine.
> 
> Thx for your help - a _very_ annoying problem is now fixed. :)

That's great, but do you understand what the problem was now and
why there was a delay?

R.

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