opening mplayer stops sound

[Plafuro]

Binary package hint: mplayer

While playing sound in any application (music on rhythmbox, or flash video with firefox for example) if an instance of mplayer is open, the other application stops generating sound. mplayer needs to be killed as well as the other application to have sound working again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mplayer 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: pedro 8104 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: pedro 8104 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf9ff8000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'VIA VT1708S'
   Components : 'HDA:11060397,10438346,00100000'
   Controls : 36
   Simple ctrls : 20
Date: Tue May 4 21:40:41 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 libavcodec52 N/A
 libavcodec-extra-52 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1
SourcePackage: mplayer
UserConf: # Write your default config options here!
dmi.bios.date: 08/28/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2204
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5Q SE PLUS
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2204:bd08/28/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5QSEPLUS:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.32-22-generic

[Plafuro (plafuro)]

For clarification: this is happening with a fresh 10.04 install

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

what mplayer audio output module are you using?

[Plafuro (plafuro)]

i'm using the default configuration file. there is only one uncommented line regarding audio output:

/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf:

##################
# audio settings #
##################

# Use pulse, then alsa, then SDL video with the aalib subdriver by default.
ao=pulse,alsa,sdl:aalib

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 07:26:29 (CEST), Plafuro wrote:

> i'm using the default configuration file.

That's not a sufficient indication about what specific ao module is
used. please paste your complete command line and complete console output.

[Plafuro (plafuro)]

Hope format is ok, im on the road at the moment

Linux xxxxxxx 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP We
d Apr 28 13:28:05 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Welcome to Ubuntu!
 * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/

Last login: Mon May 3 10:26:11 2010

~$ mplayer -msglevel all=9
MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2009
~$ mplayer
CPU vendor name: GenuineIntel max cpuid level: 10
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
(Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 11)
extended cpuid-level: 8
extended cache-info: 268468288
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNowExt: 0 SSE: 1
 SSE2: 1 SSSE3: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/pedro/.mplayer/code
cs.conf'
Reading /home/pedro/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
'/home/pedro/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or d
irectory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mp
layer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
 -vo select video output driver ('-vo he
lp' for a list)
 -ao select audio output driver ('-ao he
lp' for a list)
 vcd:// play (S)VCD (Super Video CD) track
(raw device, no mount)
 dvd:// play DVD title from device instead
of plain file
 -alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language
(by 2-char country code)
 -ss seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss)
 position
 -nosound do not play sound
 -fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom,
 details in the man page)
 -x -y set display resolution (for use wit
h -vm or -zoom)
 -sub specify subtitle file to use (also
see -subfps, -subdelay)
 -playlist specify playlist file
 -vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stre
am to play
 -fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y H
z) rate
 -pp enable postprocessing filter (detai
ls in the man page)
 -framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow mac
hines)

Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also chec
k input.conf)
 <- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds
 down or up seek backward/forward 1 minute
 pgdown or pgup seek backward/forward 10 minutes
 < or> step backward/forward in playlist
 p or SPACE pause movie (press any key to conti
nue)
 q or ESC stop playing and quit program
 + or - adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 secon
d
 o cycle OSD mode: none / seekbar / s
eekbar + timer
 * or / increase or decrease PCM volume
 x or z adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 se
cond
 r or t adjust subtitle position up/down, a
lso see -vf expand

 * * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCE
D) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * *

*** uninit(0x0)
vo: x11 uninit called but X11 not initialized..
max framesize was 0 bytes

> Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 06:09:57 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Bug 575368] Re: opening mplayer stops sound
>
> On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 07:26:29 (CEST), Plafuro wrote:
>...

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 15:39:18 (CEST), Plafuro wrote:

> Hope format is ok, im on the road at the moment

that doesn't help at all. please paste the console output that mplayer
prints when you experience the problem. This includes the commandline
that is used when you play the media file.

Out of the blue, do you use gmplayer (the graphical version) or the
commandline version of mplayer?

--
Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4

[Plafuro (plafuro)]

Thaht is exactly the command and the output. I dont even try to open a file but just run

"mplayer"

From the command line. In the outpult i provided i added

--msg-level all:9

for extra verbosity.

I tried running the gui version (no extra parameters) with the same effect, but no stdout.

> Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 14:13:09 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Bug 575368] Re: opening mplayer stops sound
>
> On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 15:39:18 (CEST), Plafuro wrote:
>
> > Hope format is ok, im on the road at the moment
>
> that doesn't help at all. please paste the console output that mplayer
> prints when you experience the problem. This includes the commandline
> that is used when you play the media file.
>
> Out of the blue, do you use gmplayer (the graphical version) or the
> commandline version of mplayer?
>
> --
> Gruesse/greetings,
> Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4
>
> --
> opening mplayer stops sound
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575368
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[Plafuro (plafuro)]

So, again:

normaloutput contains the output of

mplayer > normaloutput

level9output contains the output of

mplayer -msglevel all=9 > level9output

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

if you just start mplayer without any options, it shouldn't load any audio output modules and therefore shouldn't be able to interfere with your audio drivers. are you absolutely sure that this simple invocation breaks audio on your system?

We need the mplayer output with the exact mplayer invocation that causes the described symptom!

[Plafuro (plafuro)]

i am absolutely sure that the commands i provided are the ones executed, with no file to open or any other additional parameters than the ones already mentioned.

It could be that in the default installation there is a script called mplayer that gets executed when i run "mplayer" and provides extra parameters to the real executable, which i dont think is the case. Will check, though, and let you know.

> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 05:37:44 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 575368] Re: opening mplayer stops sound
>
> if you just start mplayer without any options, it shouldn't load any
> audio output modules and therefore shouldn't be able to interfere with
> your audio drivers. are you absolutely sure that this simple invocation
> breaks audio on your system?
>
> We need the mplayer output with the exact mplayer invocation that causes
> the described symptom!
>
> --
> opening mplayer stops sound
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575368
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[Plafuro (plafuro)]

here is a video of the execution of /usr/bin/mplayer, which is the binary itself, not a like or anything like that

/usr/bin$ ls -ltra mp*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18680 2009-09-10 05:18 mpeg2desc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 54800 2010-02-02 10:33 mpc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4476552 2010-04-02 15:58 mplayer

I'm sorry for the low quality, but it should be enough to see the effect of the execution of the command. It is not noticeable but the player's progressbar (rhythmbox in this case) continues moving but sound stops.

[Plafuro (plafuro)]

like=link

[Plafuro (plafuro)]

I've noticed that with other applications, when executing certain audios with sound the same error occurs (i.e. notification sounds in skype). May this be a problem with pulseaudio, then?

Please advice so that this bug can be reassigned

[Plafuro (plafuro)]

forget about my last comment, notification sounds are launched by skype through mplayer (again, same effect, no sound when mplayer is executed). Skype and any other audio software needs to be restarted in order to have audio working again

Please advice for further steps.

~$ skype
MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
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 /usr/share/skype/sounds/CallRingingIn.wav.
Audio only file format detected.
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 16000 Hz, 1 ch, s16le, 256.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 32000->32000)
Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
==========================================================================
AO: [pulse] 16000Hz 1ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A: 3.4 (03.3) of 3.0 (03.0) 0.0%

Exiting... (End of file)

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

See also bug 572807

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

More related, you'll very probably wish to test the openal-soft package entering lucid-proposed. Please see bug 351732.

[Plafuro (plafuro)]

I can confirm that the package libopenal1 in lucid-proposed (mentioned in bug 351732) fixes these issues.

Thank you, Daniel for keeping an eye on this!

[Mihai Sucan (mihai-sucan)]

I can also confirm that the updated package (libopenal1) in lucid-proposed (mentioned in bug 351732) fixes the issue I have with mplayer and pulseaudio. I can now hear all sounds fine.

Thank you Daniel!

[Alon Klein (incomprehensible-grooves)]

Confirming it worked for me as well. Thank you. :)

[swmike (ubuntu-s-plass)]

I've had this issue for 2 months now (workaround mplayer -ao alsa), I don't really want to use "proposed" packages, is there an estimation when this will be fixed for everybody?

[Bret Curtis (psi29a)]

Bug was fixed with the latest release of OpenAL-Soft. Closing.