[MPlayer-users] Mencoder problem with /dev/dsp

[Andy Furniss]

Prakash Sompura wrote:
> Thanks. I corrected my command to the following. But the error message has
> been changed to little, probably which also shows that /dev/dsp is  busy. I
> have pasted both below. I believe I have done some mistake in configuration
> of /dev/dsp device but I am not able to figure it out.
>
> mencoder tv:// -tv
> alsa:adevice=hw.0:driver=v4l2:input=0:norm=pal:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:audiorate=48000
> buffersize=64 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=800:keyint=30 -oac
> mp3lame -lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -endpos 10 -o `date
> +%y%m%d_%H%M`-m.avi

According to this -

http://sites.google.com/site/jobinau2/saa7130basedtvtunercardunderlinux

7130s don't have sound as such, so if true alsa/oss is not going to work.

The site does explain how to get sound by hooking up outputs + trial and 
error to get it unmuted.