Thanks Joe,

On 21/03/2023 16.02, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 03/20/2023 10:13 PM, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:

My current solution is to run the affected script as my non-root user and in it 
run some parts with sudo
(set up to run without a sudo password to avoid script interruption).

Although I don't approve of habitually running as root, I have a suggestion 
that might help.  Years ago I created a little script to play an .mp3 as a 
wake-up alarm, but there was a little problem.  I have my box set to turn 
itself back on after a power drop if it was on before, but if it happens late 
at night, I won't be logged in in the morning, and there wouldn't be any sound. 
 However, I learned by experiment that ffmpeg can produce sound even if 
nobody's logged in.  If so, it should be able to do what you're looking for.

And it works too:

$ sudo ffmpeg -i /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg -f alsa default -loglevel quiet
ALSA lib pulse.c:242:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection 
refused

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [Beyond TV]       <<<<<
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

$ sudo ffmpeg -i /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg -f alsa hw:0,3 -loglevel quiet
        [audio plays]

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Eyal Lebedinsky (fed...@eyal.emu.id.au)
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