[MPlayer-users] Ubuntu 64 and Audigy Surround 5.1

[Raena Lea-Shannon]

On Friday 03 November 2006 16:57, Raena Lea-Shannon wrote:
> I spoke too soon, there is no centre sound only background. Log attached.
>
> On Friday 03 November 2006 16:41, Raena Lea-Shannon wrote:
> > I have installed 1.0rc1-4.0.3
> > When I tried to run the dvd in kde it had no sound in any device config
> > then it could not read the dvd blocks so I thought it was the dvd itself.
> > I since tried in gnome and surrounf 5.1 works a ok.
> >
> > However I cannot play cds at all in mplayer now. I can play audiocds
> > inother apps.
> >
> >  cddb:// -v
> > MPlayer 1.0rc1-4.0.3 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
> > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+ (Family: 15, Model: 47, Stepping:
> > 2) CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> > Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE SSE2
> > get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/raena/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
> > Reading /home/raena/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't
> > open '/home/raena/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
> > Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't
> > open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
> > Using built-in default codecs.conf.
> > CommandLine: 'cddb://' '-v'
> > init_freetype
> > get_path('font/font.desc') -> '/home/raena/.mplayer/font/font.desc'
> > font: can't open file: /home/raena/.mplayer/font/font.desc
> > font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
> > Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
> > Using nanosleep() timing
> > get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/raena/.mplayer/input.conf'
> > Can't open input config file /home/raena/.mplayer/input.conf: No such
> > file or directory
> > Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such
> > file or directory
> > Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
> > get_path('.conf') -> '/home/raena/.mplayer/.conf'
> >
> > On Friday 03 November 2006 14:10, The Wanderer wrote:
> > > Raena Lea-Shannon wrote:
> > > > I am running Ubuntu Dapper 10.06.1 on AMD 64 ASUS A8N SLI with Audigy
> > > > Live! soundcard and 5.1 analogue speakers, mplayer version
> > > > 2:0.99+1.0pre7try2+cvs20060117-0ubuntu8
> > >
> > > Third-party packages are not supported on these mailing lists - and in
> > > any case, 1.0pre7try2 is ancient, and even any code based on the CVS
> > > version is heavily out of date because MPlayer has been using
> > > Subversion instead for some months now.
> > >
> > > Please upgrade to a more recent version (the latest release being
> > > 1.0rc1, about two weeks old) and see if the problem still occurs. If it
> > > does, a report based on that version will be much more likely to get
> > > actual helpful responses.
If any other poor lost soul strays here the answer was to rename or delete to 
home directory files .asoundrc and .asoundrc.asoundconf
as found here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=204030