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From: Damian <damian.only@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:16:09
Message-Id: 47a330c50903141516g74ca8b09l5f25e39f72356d05@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files by Willie Wong
1 On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.edu> wrote:
2 > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 09:15:54PM +0100, Penguin Lover Damian squawked:
3 >> Hello,
4 >>
5 >> When I try to play an ogg file, mpd says it is playing it, but there
6 >> is no sound.
7 >>
8 >> Mps has been built with the following use flags:
9 >>      Use flags:               (aac) (alsa) (-ao) (-audiofile) (-avahi)
10 >> (flac) (-icecast) (iconv) (ipv6) (-jack) (-libsamplerate) (-mikmod)
11 >> (mp3) (-musepack) (ogg) (-oss) (-pulseaudio) (unicode) (vorbis)
12 >>
13 >> So ogg is enabled. This is quite frustrating :(
14 >>
15 >> Any ideas?
16 >
17 > Which version of mpd?
18
19 ~ $ mpd --version
20 mpd (MPD: Music Player Daemon) 0.13.2
21
22 Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Warren Dukes <warren.dukes@×××××.com>
23 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
24 warranty; not even MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
25
26 Supported formats:
27 mp3 mp2 ogg oga ogg flac m4a mp4
28
29 Supported outputs:
30 alsa
31
32 > Are just ogg files the problem? What about mp3s?
33 mp3's play just fine.
34
35 > Also, make sure your ogg file is actually ogg vorbis? Not some other
36 I think it is. Here's mplayer's output:
37 Playing 05. Sumo - El reggae de paz y amor.ogg.
38 [Ogg] stream 0: audio (Vorbis), -aid 0
39 Ogg file format detected.
40
41 mplayer plays just fine.
42
43 > W
44 >
45 > --
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49 >
50 >