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

On Fri, 6 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > > If you just want MPlayer to decode things for you, you can use
> > >
> > > mplayer -ao pcm
> > >
> > > which will dump the output to audiodump.wav which sox should be able
> > > to play.
> >
> > The above is because the most recently compiled mplayer does not
> > actually play sounds but it does make a .wav file.
>
> It does not play sounds with Linux 2.2.16 and Vibra16. Did you try
> this with any other sound cards? With ALSA, it works fine here.

I tried on a Creative SB16 with 2.2.16.  I have no idea how to use ALSA, 
only OSS which Christof set up for BLs.

I don't have any computers using later kernels and modules. Today we hope 
to put together the 600 and 750MHz computers and try your first Mplayer on 
them (if I still have it here).

> > But I cannot combine the two of them in a pipe (play complains if I
> > try).
>
> MPlayer's -aofile option appears to not be able to handle the "-"
> stdout synonym.
Yes, I tried with and without -.

> > What can I do to play streaming mp3 or ram files without creating a
> > very large audiodump.wav?
>
> Try:
>
> mkfifo audiodump.wav
> mplayer -ao pcm http://(URL of streaming mp3) & play audiodump.wav & fg; fg

I just figured out that at this location I have the older version of 
mplayer which tells me 'illegal instruction'.  I may rename it and then 
experiment with the newer one and the above suggestion but it will be a 20 
minute download.  Or wait and try this version on the newer computers when 
they are put together.

Do I understand correctly that this older version will work on a PII with 
kernel 2.2.16 and SB16 and OSS, but the newer version needs ALSA and a 
newer kernel?

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