Ubuntu
mplayer package

  1. Bug #549613
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 549613

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Paddy Launch (paddylaunch-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: [Bug 549613] Re: mplayer exhibits delayed response to volume adjustment

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 08:37:33PM -0000, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> it seems that you are using oss. Did you configure that in your profile
> or in /etc/mplayer.

no, i have done no manual configuration of mplayer (just 'sudo apt-get
install mplayer')

> are you running pulseaudio?

pgrep shows that it is running

> Does the delay occur if you use some other audio module, like the
> pulseaudio module or alsa?

i tried:

  $ mplayer -ao pulse brownian.ogg

and there was no lag in changing the volume (i.e. it worked correctly)

when i tried to change volume with alsa i get:

     [AO_ALSA] Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0.