On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:41:17 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:05:25 +0000 (UTC) "Amadeus W.M." > <amadeus84@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I have a problem that may be related to yours. When I play any video >> with mplayer and I use / or * to change the volume I get this error >> message: >> >> [AO_ALSA] Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0. > > Load gmplayer. > > Right-click > > Preferences > > Audio > > Select "pulse PulseAudio audio output" from the list of "Available > drivers" > > Click OK. > > Problem solved. > > -- > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com Thanks! I was hoping that would affect mplayer too, but no. I had to either mplayer -ao pulse file.avi or put ao=pulse in ~/.mplayer/config. Now I can adjust the volume in mplayer.
