[MPlayer-users] esd blocked when paused

[Kevin DeKorte]

On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 08:08 -0700, Kevin DeKorte wrote:
> I think there is a problem with the esd ao 
> 
> if I do the following
> 
> mplayer -ao esd -slave somemovie.mov (type does not seem to matter)
> 
> Then I send "pause" to mplayer all esd audio to the system is blocked
> and it appears like the machine is hung (the interface of some apps is
> waiting for the sounds device to be released to they can play a sound).
> The second I unpause or quit mplayer esd is released and everything
> "catches up"
> 

Also, using an ao of sdl:esd does not exhibit this problem either.

Kevin

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