Re: Alsa plays only wav files
On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 12:56, Ondrej Certik wrote:
>
> --- Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Son, 2002-09-15 at 21:18, Ondrej Certik wrote:
> > >
> > > I have installed latest CVS ALSA drivers
> > > on my PowerMac 7500/100 (snd-powermac), and aplay
> > > functions well,
> > > but xmms plays only wav files - using other input
> > > plugin
> > > (mp3, ogg) causes loud random noise. But these
> > plugins
> > > are probably ok, because when I use Disk Writer
> > plugin
> > > play some ogg/mp3 file and then play the resulting
> > wav
> > > file, it is all right.
> >
> > Have you tried dmasound_pmac?
>
> Thanks for the response. Yes, I have tried it today,
> it functions well using alsaplayer, aumix functions
> too, but when starting xmms, it stops with an error:
> snd_mixer_attach: No such file or directory.
Remove alsa-xmms, it prevents xmms from starting without ALSA.
> Does it mean, that the bug is in the alsa drivers?
Yes. Amongst other things, they try to be too clever about endianness,
causing problems of their own.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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