Sound Driver Problem

MyDebian · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 133

Hello, I think I have a problem with the sound driver. When I try a mp3, there is getting an error message

slackline · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject:

What sound drivers have you compiled into your kernel, ALSA or OSS? What app are you using to play mp3's?

Its likely that you've got ALSA (since its the more prevalent these days). If this is the case then you either need to get alsa-oss working...

MyDebian · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 133

Well, I think I have compiled all the drivers... I mean I was not shure about the correct options so I have compiled all the options in the Sound section.

I executed "emerge -av alsa-oss", but I still can't play my mp3s.
And how I could configure my player to use the ALSA drivers ? How to see the man/config/settings ?
Sorry, I'm a noob.

Thank you from now.

slackline · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 12:57 am Post subject:

A good place to start is at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml this gives advice on the two approaches to using ALSA. You know what your sound card is so you should be able to select the correct options for your kernel (if you choose to compile ALSA into your kernel).

MyDebian · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 133

>I don't know, you still haven't said what player your using. Is it XMMS, Audacious, BMP (unlikely), Mplayer, Xine, >mpd, mpg3 or something else?

Well, I'm using XMMS. How can I configure it to work with alsa ?

slackline · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:08 am Post subject:

Step 1

Go through the ALSA How to posted above.

Step 2

a) Start up XMMS

b) Hit Ctrl + P

c) Go to the "Audio I/O Plugins" tab

d) In the "Output Plugin" section select "ALSA [your version] output plugin [libALSA.so]"

This works for me, if it doesn't work for you try changing the output device listed under the configure 'button' in the Output section.

Good luck

slack