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mplayer package

  1. Bug #1654532
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Comment 0 for bug 1654532

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G.M. (sexxxenator) wrote :

Hi,

I cannot manage to get mplayer output sound when running inside a script.

I have a script:
-rwxr-xr-x ~/Softs/alarm.sh

Which contains:
mplayer ~/.sounds/alarm.ogg -loop 3

1. If I run the script with:
. ~/Softs/alarm.sh
I can hear the sound.

2. If I run the script with:
~/Softs/alarm.sh
I hear nothing but the output of mplyer is normal, the same as when it play a sound correctly.

I've read millions of forums, tried millions of options of mplayer (DISPLAY=:0.0 mplayer, -vo null, -ao pulse, -volume, -af, -softvol/-softvolmax, -really-quiet...)

I've also tried other players, like aplayer (same problem) and play (no problem).

Does anyone have an idea if this is a bug and/or where does this difference in behaviour comes from???