> i don't think all of them are broken. > possibly this behavior might be influenced by the period size, etc. > can you check /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params at each case and > compare them?
So I tried playing the same mp3 in 3 methods. The first was using xmms through its oss output device. The second was using xmms with its alsa plugin. The third was using the pipe of raw sound data from mpg123 to aplay (mpg321 -s /mnt/mp3/Mpegs/Anime/Arc\ en\ Ciel,\ Le/DIVE_T~1.MP3 | aplay -c 2 -t raw -r 44100 -f S16_LE -). Here's the output of hw_params for each: xmms (oss) terran@Mittermeyer terran $ cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params access: RW_INTERLEAVED format: S16_LE subformat: STD channels: 2 rate: 44100 (44100/1) period_size: 1024 buffer_size: 16384 tick_time: 10000 OSS format: S16_BE OSS channels: 2 OSS rate: 44100 OSS period bytes: 4096 OSS periods: 16 xmms (alsa) terran@Mittermeyer terran $ cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params access: RW_INTERLEAVED format: S16_LE subformat: STD channels: 2 rate: 44100 (44100/1) period_size: 2205 buffer_size: 16384 tick_time: 10000 mpg123 piped to aplay terran@Mittermeyer terran $ cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params access: RW_INTERLEAVED format: S16_LE subformat: STD channels: 2 rate: 44100 (44100/1) period_size: 4096 buffer_size: 16384 tick_time: 10000 You'ore right, the period_size is different for each test. The xmms alsa plugin is not a power of 2 however. Is that problem? esd and mplayer still refuse to start. Esd failing to set any format giving this output: terran@Mittermeyer terran $ esd Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 16bit failed Trying 44.1Khz, 8bit stereo. Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 8bit failed Trying 48Khz, 16bit stereo. Audio device open for 48Khz, stereo,16bit failed Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit stereo. Audio device open for 22.05Khz, stereo, 8bit failed Trying 44.1Khz, 16bit mono. Audio device open for 44.1Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit mono. Audio device open for 22.05Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit stereo. Audio device open for 11.025Khz, stereo, 8bit failed Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit mono. Audio device open for 11.025Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 8.192Khz, 8bit mono. Audio device open for 8.192Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 8Khz, 8bit mono. Sound device inadequate for Esound. Fatal. And mplayer apparently couldn't initialize its alsa9 codec: ========================================================================== AO: [alsa9] 24000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Big-Endian) alsa-init: testing and bugreports are welcome. alsa-init: requested format: 24000 Hz, 2 channels, Signed 16-bit (Big-Endian) alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: hw:0,0 alsa-init: unable to set format: Invalid argument couldn't open/init audio device -> no sound Audio: no sound!!! Is there any more information I can provide? Thanks for being so patient with this. It is very much appreciated. -Albert ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
