Please help with no sound issue. I installed the following packages: alsa-oss alsa-tools alsa-tools-gui alsa-utils alsamixergui gstreamer1.0-alsa libalsaplayer0 libasound2 libasound2-data libasound2-dev libasound2-plugins libsox-fmt-alsa python-alsaaudio
, then ran alsamixer and unmuted all volumes, but still: $ mplayer * MPlayer 1.3.0 (Debian), built with gcc-6.2.1 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team do_connect: could not connect to socket connect: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing 21-apr-2011.flv. libavformat version 57.56.101 (external) Mismatching header version 57.56.100 libavformat file format detected. [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f4b77ce5d00]Protocol name not provided, cannot determine if input is local or a network protocol, buffers and access patterns cannot be configured optimally without knowing the protocol [lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0 [lavf] stream 1: audio (aac), -aid 0, -alang und VIDEO: [H264] 400x300 24bpp 30.000 fps 512.0 kbps (62.5 kbyte/s) ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family libavcodec version 57.64.101 (external) Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264) ========================================================================== Clip info: major_brand: FACE minor_version: 1337 compatible_brands: isomavc1FACE creation_time: 2011-04-21T22:58:18.000000Z Load subtitles in ./ ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 1 ch, floatle, 36.8 kbit/5.21% (ratio: 4596->88200) Selected audio codec: [ffaac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio)) ========================================================================== AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse' [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1602:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p' failed (-2): No such file or directory [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:1052:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: No such file or directory Failed to initialize audio driver 'alsa' [AO SDL] Samplerate: 22050Hz Channels: Mono Format floatle [AO SDL] using aalib audio driver. [AO SDL] Unsupported audio format: 0x1d. [AO SDL] Unable to open audio: No available audio device Failed to initialize audio driver 'sdl:aalib' Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. Audio: no sound Starting playback... Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied. VO: [vdpau] 400x300 => 400x300 Planar YV12 V: 2.7 0/ 0 9% 3% 0.0% 0 0 Exiting... (Quit) Thanks for any help, Rodolfo