I'm trying to troubleshoot my AlienBBC setup where mplayer is failing. I
get an error from mplayer after running this command:

$ mplayer -vc dummy -vo null -cache 128 -af volume=0,resample=44100:0:1
-ao pcm:file=/dev/fd/3
rtsp://sr-rm.qbrick.com/broadcast/cluster/encoder/02038_p1.rm

...
[AO PCM] File: /dev/fd/3 (WAVE)
PCM: Samplerate: 44100Hz Channels: Stereo Format s16le
[AO PCM] Info: fastest dumping is achieved with -vc dummy -vo null
PCM: Info: to write WAVE files use -waveheader (default).
[AO PCM] Failed to open /dev/fd/3 for writing!
Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
Audio: no sound
Video: no video

The following works so sound should be ok:

$ mplayer -vc dummy -vo null -cache 128 -af volume=0,resample=44100:0:1
-ao alsa rtsp://sr-rm.qbrick.com/broadcast/cluster/encoder/02038_p1.rm

I have no idea what /dev/fd/3 is. What is it used for? It is sometimes
linked to somewhere in /proc and it changes dynamically. Right now I
don't even have a /dev/fd/3.

I've run this test (found here
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=13608)

echo hello > tmpfile
cp tmpfile /dev/fd/3 3>&1 1>&2

which displays "hello" in the console

I'm running the server on a linux pc

$ uname -prs
Linux 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 Pentium MMX

Any ideas?

Seron


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