On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Anand Sivaram <aspn...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 15:43, James Stuckey <jhstuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If I try to play them in MOC I get: (0) Can't set audio parameters:
> Invalid
> > argument
> >
> > With mplayer I see:
> >
> > MPlayer SVN-r30656 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
> > Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
> > Can't init input joystick
> > mplayer: could not connect to socket
> > mplayer: No such file or directory
> > Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
> > control.
> >
> > Playing 02 Lohengrin - Prelude, Act 1.flac.
> > Audio only file format detected.
> >
> ==========================================================================
> > Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
> > AUDIO: 96000 Hz, 6 ch, s32le, 6195.6 kbit/33.61% (ratio: 774455->2304000)
> > Selected audio codec: [ffflac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg FLAC audio)
> >
> ==========================================================================
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1293:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open
> /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> > failed: Device or resource busy
> > [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Device or resource busy
> > Failed to initialize audio driver 'alsa'
> > [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or
> resource
> > busy
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1293:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open
> /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> > failed: Device or resource busy
> > [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Device or resource busy
> > [AO ARTS] loading the aRts backend "/usr/lib/libartscbackend.la" failed
> > [AO ESD] esd_open_sound failed: Connection timed out
> > AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused
> > [JACK] cannot open server
> > ao_nas: init(): Can't open nas audio server -> nosound
> > [AO SDL] Samplerate: 96000Hz Channels: Stereo Format s32le
> > [AO SDL] Unsupported audio format: 0x19.
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1293:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open
> /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> > failed: Device or resource busy
> > [AO SDL] Unable to open audio: Couldn't open audio device: Device or
> > resource busy
> > DVB card number must be between 1 and 4
> > AO: [null] 96000Hz 6ch s32le (4 bytes per sample)
> > Video: no video
> > Starting playback...
> > A:   3.5 (03.5) of 570.0 (09:30.0)  1.4%
> > Exiting... (Quit)
> >
> > Running file on the file gives:
> > flac: FLAC audio bitstream data, 24 bit, 6 channels, 96 kHz, 54720000
> > samples
> >
> > This only happens with this file. The file plays on other systems
> (windows).
> >
>
> Most of the cheap in built audio cards could only support 16bit
> 44100Hz/48000Hz
> So just see the specification of your audio card.
> But audio players could down sample them to 16bit 44100Hz/48000Hz,
> windows player may be doing that.  But of course, that reduces the
> quality.
>
>
Ah, okay. So the decoding is being done on the sound card? In what sense
does the sound card need to support the file type?

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