Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:58:03 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .wavs play but not .mp3s Message-ID: <45EE7E9B.9070609@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20070307080709.GA12501@parts-unknown.org> References: <20070307080709.GA12501@parts-unknown.org>
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David Benfell wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm not having any trouble playing .wav files; lame -h > seems to happily convert them, and mpg123 and madplay > don't complain when I ask them to play .mp3s, but I'm > also not hearing any sound. > > xmms does nothing. I'm not getting any visible errors > in any of this. > > I tried using the sample command from the FreeBSD manual, > which specifies a device; I don't have dsp1.0 so I tried > dsp0.0 . > > I have: > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 45 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dsp0.0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 48 Mar 6 22:28 /dev/dsp0.1 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 51 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dsp0.2 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 54 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dsp0.3 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 57 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dsp0.4 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 61 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dsp0.5 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 46 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dspW0.0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 49 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dspW0.1 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 52 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dspW0.2 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 55 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dspW0.3 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 58 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dspW0.4 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 62 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dspW0.5 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 60 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dspr0.4 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 64 Mar 2 13:49 /dev/dspr0.5 > > So, why is this such a problem? > This looks like it might be a Sony device (or perhaps an HDA Intel sound device). If this is the case, try the OSS sound drivers. I had to use them from 6.0 till current. Not sure if 6.2 supports the above natively (only because I went with what I knew worked). Here's the link: http://www.opensound.com/download.cgi It's really easy to install. -- Best regards, Chris Nothing is ever so bad that it can't get worse.
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