[wellylug] XMMS problem

[Pizbit]

Given it's KDE, the ARTS output plugin is most likely the one you want
to try, but it doesn't hurt to try all those availible.


Hrm... Steve... Not a friend of Matt Dale eh?

On 11/23/05, Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jedolinux.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 22:47 +1300, Steven Mulvay wrote:
> > Hi all, I have been unable to get XMMS working properly. When I tried
> > to play a song under a normal account user, it says: can't open audio
> > please check that:
> > 1. The sound card is working properly
> > 2. That you have selected the correct output plugins
> > 3. That nothing else is blocking the sound card
> > Sometimes it gives the error: can't use OSS driver 1.210. Under a
> > normal account user I can't play the audio file with XMMS at all,
> > under the root user XMMS gives me the same error messages, but if I
> > wait 1/2 a second and then try playing the file, it works. This does
> > not seem to be a core audio problem because other mp3 players are
> > working fine. Also the automatic sounds that play in KDE play fine. I
> > have checked and re-checked the audio plugin list under XMMS and the
> > correct plugins seem to be selected.
>
> I would say that the most likely cause is that you need to switch it to
> alsa output.
>
> Goto the preferences window, and select "alsa" as your output driver.
> Then give that a try.
>
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