On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 10:12, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Hallo, > Tom Schutter hat gesagt: // Tom Schutter wrote: > > xmms works with the Output Plugin set to "OSS Driver 1.2.9", but I get > > no sound if it is set to "ALSA 1.2.9 output plugin". > > This very likely a problem with the XMMS alsa plugin. I'd say: use the > OSS output until the XMMS folks fix this.
Ok I guess, but I am not convinced because of the other evidence. > > aplay works, but only if I use "-Dplug:front", or "-Dplughw". > > > > $ aplay explosion.wav > > Playing WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, > > Stereo > > [NO SOUND] > ... > > > Any help would be appreciated! > > Well, where excatly is the problem? aplay gives quite verbose > messages here, so I guess, it's not a technical problem, but one of > understanding how ALSA's devices work. Your card hardware seems to not > be able to play files with 22,050 Hz samplerate. If you use ALSA's > "hw:0" device, you can only play, what the hardware (=="hw") supports. > If you want to play something not supported by your hardware, then > ALSA offers the plug-devices to convert formats. That's why "plug:hw" > works: Sound goes through the plug layer, then to the hw layer. > > All is fine, or not? ;) And from another message from Frank: > forgot to say: "front", "rear" and so on also are kind of "hw" > devices, they don't convert formats. Ok, so I understand why "-Dfront" plays the .wav file too fast and "-Dplug:front" plays it correctly. But why does "aplay test.wav" give no sound at all? <rant> I have spent hours trying to get sound to work, using aplay as my test. No sound no matter what I do. It was not until I read the FAQ at http://alsa.opensrc.org/faq/ that I even knew about "-Dfront". The man page gave no hint about "-Dfront". No other page on the net about setting up ALSA that I read mentions "-Dfront". With no "-D" option, aplay does not give quite verbose messages. In fact the output to the terminal from "aplay test.wav" and "aplay -Dplug:front test.wav" is identical. </rant> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
