On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 11:52 +0000, John Austin wrote: > On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 23:41 -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 > > > > Also having sound problems here > Using > x86-64, KDE and vlc > 2.6.23.1-49.fc8 > vlc-0.8.6c-9.lvn8.x86_64 > kdebase-3.5.8-5.fc8.x86_64 > > Distorted sound using vlc > > Is it vlc, pulseaudio, ALSA, KDE causing the problem ???? > > At least 4 ways of controlling the volume > kmix - Does not show Master but responds to "Front" with image of a plug > kmix - Slider in Panel shows Microphone and does nothing > pavucontrol - Does things > vlc - Volume slider does things > K-Administration/Sound Card Detection does things too > > mplayer does not distort but I much prefer vlc at the moment > kplayer volume control does link to pavucontrol! > > Is there anywhere that explains the interaction between all the sound components ? > > This is the only real problem I have had with F8 - very good, thanks everyone!!!! > > VMware, Icedtea, mozilla-plugin-config, stablemirrors, KDM, KDE, kino (pulseaudio not supported) > realplayer10gold, Flash, Acroread, kmod-nvidia(update kernel hickup) > > All working > > John > I have found a fix for the vlc pulseaudio problem http://launchpadlibrarian.net/7710121/out.ogg https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-lib/+bug/103025 Just set Prefs/Audio/Output modules to Linux OSS audio output Remember to either scroll or enlarge the window to see the pull down menu !!!!!!!!! John
