Re: [Sheflug] Problems with XMMS

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Mon, 29 May 2000, Neil R Porter wrote:

> When playing a list of mp3s using XMMS (nice winamp clone!) everytime (between
> tracks) I get the error 'Couldn't open audio' please check that:
> 1) You have the correct output plugin selected
> 2) No other program is blocking the soundcard
> 3) Your soundcard is configured properly
> 
> Anyone had a similar problem?  Any help would be much appreciated.

I don't particularly use software like that, but I know sound support
under Linux can be difficult at times. My personal setup (configured using
ALSA) works fine for me, but some 'standard' methods of checking whether
or not my system is setup don't pick up on that fact - for example, 'cat
/dev/sndstat' just results in 'file not found', which implies (on some
systems) that there is no sound card present, even though I have one which
is working and configured fine. It could be something like that? Try
looking in the manual page, or the help options - it could be that it does
some checks that you can disable, a kind of 'force' option.

Cheers,

Alex.


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