Tracking the sound problem.

[Nigel Henry]

On Sunday 10 February 2008 07:06, Marc Blanc wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:14:55 -0600
>
> Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > mplayer "mms://ac1.streaming.net.nz/tarana1"
>
> I have another problem with the f8. I have sound with root
> but none in user ! See :
>
> $ mplayer "mms://ac1.streaming.net.nz/tarana1"
> MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E6850  @ 3.00GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15,
> Stepping: 11) CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
> mplayer: could not connect to socket
> mplayer: No such file or directory
> Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
> control.
>
> Playing mms://ac1.streaming.net.nz/tarana1.
> STREAM_ASF, URL: mms://ac1.streaming.net.nz/tarana1
> Resolving ac1.streaming.net.nz for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: ac1.streaming.net.nz
> Resolving ac1.streaming.net.nz for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server ac1.streaming.net.nz[202.7.7.90]: 1755...
> Connected
> unknown object
> unknown object
> file object, packet length = 1567 (1567)
> unknown object
> stream object, stream ID: 1
> unknown object
> unknown object
> data object
> mmst packet_length = 1567
> Cache size set to 64 KBytes
> Cache fill: 12.50% (8192 bytes)
> ASF file format detected.
> [asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
> Clip info:
>  name: Radio Tarana
>  author: Radio Tarana
>  copyright: Copyright Radio Tarana, 2004. All rights reserved
> ==========================================================================
> Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
> AUDIO: 32000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 32.0 kbit/3.12% (ratio: 4000->128000)
> Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
> ==========================================================================
> *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
> [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Connection refused
> Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
> Audio: no sound
> Video: no video
>
> Pb with permissions, but where can i find the file to resolve it...?
> Many thanks.
>
> --
> M.B

Hi Marc. I think the first thing to do is to disable pulseaudio. It appears to 
be a real pain in the neck for some folks (including myself), with all it's 
"permission denied" messages, and compounds the problem of getting sound 
working in the first place. To disable it do:
yum remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio

This will (should) also remove kde-settings-pulseaudio.

Now you can see if you can get the sound working, without pulseaudio poking 
it's nose in on the act.

Nigel.