[MPlayer-users] Odd problem with usb headset

[Colin Rosenthal]

I am trying to play mplayer (dev-SVN-r20781-4.1.1) through a usb headset 
under Linux Fedora Core 6.
I invoke it with
mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=1 myfile.mp3 and the audio comes through ok, but
i) I cannot control the volume ( using / and * I get the feedback 
message that the volume has changed but
the actual level is unaffected)
ii) If I try invoking it with gmplayer I don't get any sound at all!

Does that seem weird?

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