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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Stephen Clement wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > I downloaded and installpkg'ed mplayer in BL2.  ld-lidux complained about 
> > finding two versions of libtiff in /usr/lib (so I moved the libc one out).
> >
> > I tried it on a .wav and a .mp3 and both times was told:
> >
> > SDL:  Unable to open audio. No available audio device.
> >
> > I have play (sox) and mpg123 working, having made /dev/dsp and /dev/audio 
> > devices and insmodded the required sound modules for sb16.    Is this OSS 
> > sound?
> >
> > Ron, did you install mplayer to basiclinux and if so, what else did you 
> > need to add first to get SDL sound working?
> Try using:
>
> mplayer -ao oss (other options, including source)
>
> Stephen Clement
> _______________________________________________

This time I got:

audio_setup:  Can't make filedescriptor blocking:  Function not 
implemented.
Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.

It also could not find an mplayer input.config file - could I have put the 
oss option in there instead of using a switch?
/root/.mplayer/input.conf or /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf