On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 10:40 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > gary wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 16:45 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> I cannot get sound from mplayer, sound in KDE,streaming audio (xmms), > >>Sound card detection works but mplayer is mute with the error:- > >> > >>Checking audio filter chain for 22050Hz/2ch/s16le 22050Hz/2ch/s16le... > >>AF_pre: 22050Hz/2ch/s16le > >>Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. > >>Audio: no sound > >> > >>How do you 'open/initialize' a sound device. > >>The chip is an 'RealTek ALC655 (VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97' > >> > >> Thanks david > >> > > > > Go to mplayer>preferences>audio - try alsa or oss > > -- gary > > > gary, > I tried oss before and did not work,now this morning it is, > still no alsa which is the sound sys I wont working. > > thanks david > Make sure you have all necessary alsa packages - guessing the reboot, and sound being reloaded helped. ?? You can also add "ao=alsa to your mplayer.config. --gary