Comment 6 for bug 549613

On Sa, M��r 27, 2010 at 23:18:40 (CET), Paddy Launch wrote:

> 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')

with the normal ubuntu package? for me, it tries pulseaudio first.

>> are you running pulseaudio?
>
> pgrep shows that it is running

ok

>> 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)

excellent, so there is probably no problem in mplayer.

> when i tried to change volume with alsa i get:
>
> [AO_ALSA] Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0.

but does it produce any sound? or are you 'just' not able to change the
volume?

in any case, please attach:

 a) the full mplayer output, including the full command line
 b) the contents of /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
 c) the contents of ~/.mplayer/config