Thomas G wrote:
I am using the OSS plugin. It says it cant contact my soundcard or it is
busy. When I use mpg321 I can play an mp3 fine in the console. It
doesn't
play at all in XMMS. KDE just gives me an error sound and it gives me
that
error in a box
Thanks so much
Thomas
-----Original Message-----
From: Vineet Kumar [mailto:vineet@gobo.doorstop.net] On Behalf Of Vineet
Kumar
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:54 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: xmms output device
* Thomas G. (debian@staff.lan-zig.com)[20040308 17:05]:
I am a windows user attempting to migrate to linux... I love to
game... I know my computer "stuff" but configuring linux programs
isnt the easiest thing... it takes experience...
I cant get XMMS to work ... it doesnt pick up on my sound card but
KDE3 does... anyone know why?
Check your output plugin in XMMS. (Options | Preferences | Audio I/O
Plugins
| Output Plugin). You probably want the OSS output module.
What is the error message xmms gives you? When does it happen? Is
it able
to load a song? Does it give an error when trying to play the song?
Does
it look like it's playing fine but you don't hear anything?
You'll get better help quicker if you provide these details when you
ask a
question. Instead of just saying "it doesn't work", you should say
exactly
what you tried, what you were expecting, and what you observed.
good times,
Vineet
Please don't top post; it wreaks havoc on coming into the middle of
the conversation and trying to figure out who said what when.
KDE uses the artsd sound daemon to allow various apps to use the
single sound device at one time; xmms needs a plugin to play nicely
with this setup.
enjae[westk]:/home/westk> apt-cache search xmms | grep arts
xmms-arts - aRts Output plugin for xmms
xmmsarts - aRts Output plugin for xmms
enjae[westk]:/home/westk> apt-cache show xmms-arts
Package: xmms-arts
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Installed-Size: 132
Maintainer: Chris Boyle <cmb@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.5-2
Replaces: xmmsarts
Depends: libartsc0 (>= 1.1.3), libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1), libglib1.2 (>=
1.2.0), libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.10-4), xlibs (>> 4.1.0), xmms
Conflicts: libartsc0 (>= 1.2.0), xmmsarts
Filename: pool/main/x/xmms-arts/xmms-arts_0.5-2_i386.deb
Size: 21662
MD5sum: 0aa93b780f14146c011bda778aa7ae29
Description: aRts Output plugin for xmms
This plugin connects xmms to aRts, KDE's sound server, so its output
will be mixed with your KDE system sounds and the output of other aRts
programs, rather than conflicting with them.
enjae[westk]:/home/westk> apt-cache show xmmsarts
Package: xmmsarts
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Installed-Size: 136
Maintainer: Chris Boyle <cmb@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.4-18
Depends: libarts-alsa (>= 4:2.2.2-1) | libarts (>= 4:2.2.2-1), libc6
(>= 2.2.4-4), libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.10-4), xlibs
(>> 4.1.0), xmms
Filename: pool/main/x/xmmsarts/xmmsarts_0.4-18_i386.deb
Size: 17650
MD5sum: d60a747e29b48ab3469ac27a9374a2b6
Description: aRts Output plugin for xmms
This plugin allows xmms to work with aRts, KDE 2's sound server.
So you'll need to "apt-get install xmmarts" or "apt-get install
xmms-arts", presumably depending on which version of KDE you have.
Then configure xmms to use that plugin instead of the OSS plugin.