It turns out that using raw mplayer works so only gmplayer that has the issue. I temporarily solved it by editing the /usr/share/application/mplayer.desktop file to add in command line option -ao oss as mentioned here:
http://linuxwindows.org/2008/05/ao_alsa-unable-to-find-simple-control- pcm0.html -- [AO_ALSA] Unable to find simple control 'PCM' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276957 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
