Re: playing MP3s with xmms

["Salman Ahmed" <ssahmed@interlog.com>]

Hi Alexis,

>>>>> "AM" == Alexis Maldonado <dymsacr@racsa.co.cr> writes:
    AM> Splay is a package that you can find in contrib. You can also try
    AM> sox.

I tried splay, and here is what I got:

@phoenix:[/home/ssahmed] splay /usr/mp3/zen.mp3 
splay: Failed to open sound device.

I got the same error message when I specified the device file to be
/dev/audio, /dev/audio1, and /dev/dsp (which is the default I think).


    AM> Can you send us the output of dmesg regarding to the card? It
    AM> should be something like this:

@phoenix:[/home/ssahmed] dmesg | grep es1370
es1370: version v0.24 time 22:27:47 Sep 24 1999
es1370: found adapter at io 0xe400 irq 5
es1370: features: joystick on, line in, mic impedance 0
 
    AM> I'm not sure it is xmms's problem, it seems that you can't get play
    AM> any sounds at all... (CDs don't count since they don't get
    AM> generated by the sound card).

I have never tried anything beyond audio CDs so you are probably right.

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