[MPlayer-users] [AO_ALSA] Unable to find simple control 'PCM', 0.

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Monday, 12 November 2007 at 05:00, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
> I get the following error message when I try to change the volume using / 
> or * in mplayer:
> 
> [AO_ALSA] Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0.
> 
> I'm running 
> 
> mplayer-1.0-0.88.rc2.lvn8
>
>
> on a brand new F8 install with the latest updates. F8 comes with 
> pulseaudio, and the bug may be related to that too, or, obviously to 
> alsa, but I can't tell for sure. I'll be happy to provide any information 
> that might be necessary. 

Your alsa mixer might not be exposing the 'PCM' control. Mine, for example,
does, but it doesn't work, so I'm using 'Front' instead. Try -mixer-channel
with an appropriate value and when you're satisfied that it works, add it to
your config file, for example:
mixer-channel=Front

Of course, you can also try -ao pulse to have MPlayer use PulseAudio for sound
output.

Regards,
R.

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