mplayer / vlc compiled with pulseaudio support?!? :(

[asbesto]

Hi,

I removed / don't wanna use pulseaudio on my systems; since today I solved every kind of audio problem removing this horrible piece of software.

But now I notice linux mint have mplayer and vlc compiled with pulseaudio support!!!



And so I have this:

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AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused
Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse'
mplayer: pcm_plug.c:388: snd_pcm_plug_change_channels: Assertion `snd_pcm_format_linear(slv->format)' failed.

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VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be)
[0x952738] pulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused

none of them works anymore!

Can someone help please?

[Jefrystube]

Doing the following has helped me with other programs, it may or may not work for you with this particular issue.
Uninstall Mplayer and VLC. Use the Synaptic Package Manager and mark them for a complete removal.
Reinstall from the Ubuntu store.

Good luck.

[Flemur]

But now I notice linux mint have mplayer and vlc compiled with pulseaudio support!!!

How did you determine that?

Try VLC -> Tools -> Prefs -> Audio -> Output module (select Alsa, probably, not Automatic or pulse).

[asbesto]

Noticed that VLC by default start with pulsecrap; selecting ALSA from the menu works. Mplayer don't - it gave me an error starting with -ao alsa

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mplayer: pcm_plug.c:388: snd_pcm_plug_change_channels: Assertion `snd_pcm_format_linear(slv->format)' failed.

about installing ubuntu, i quit with that many years ago...

my setting now in /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf:

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##################
# audio settings #
##################

# (CENSORED) pulse, then use alsa, then SDL video with the aalib subdriver by default
ao=alsa,sdl:aalib      

but this isn't helpful

[asbesto]

At least I solved with mplayer:

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root@localhost:~# apt-get install libmpg123-0

Then

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root@localhost:~# echo “afm=mp3lib” >> /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf

[asbesto]

Talked too fast. Solved for AVI files, not for FLV, no mp4 or other formats:

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==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 54.35.0 (external)
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Trying to force audio codec driver family mp3lib...
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 131.8 kbit/4.67% (ratio: 16471->352800)
Selected audio codec: [ffaac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio))
==========================================================================
mplayer: pcm_plug.c:388: snd_pcm_plug_change_channels: Assertion `snd_pcm_format_linear(slv->format)' failed.


MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module: ao2_init
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.

Any help? I can't solve this O_O

[asbesto]

I also tried to remove mplayer and install mplayer2 - same problem!

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Selected video codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 [libavcodec]
Trying to force audio codec driver family ffmpeg...
Selected audio codec: AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) [libavcodec]
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 48.7 kbit/1.73% (ratio: 6088->352800)
mplayer: pcm_plug.c:388: snd_pcm_plug_change_channels: Assertion `snd_pcm_format_linear(slv->format)' failed.


MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module: ao2_init
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
  It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
  gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
  DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
  won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.
asbesto@rover ~ $ 

[asbesto]

...also tried recompiling mplayer from scratch, via svn / howto at mplayerhq.hu and http://www.techtimejourney.net/building ... layer-gui/ howto... same problem!

[asbesto]

FINALLY SOLVED

I selected "ao=sdl" in /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf