From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 17 22:23:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D4BD16A4B3 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:23:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mmp-1.gci.net (mmp-1.gci.net [208.138.130.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5924643FCB for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:23:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonr@destar.net) Received: from fileserver (229-6-237-24.gci.net [24.237.6.229]) by mmp-1.gci.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HMX00HCBTN35A@mmp-1.gci.net> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:23:27 -0800 (AKDT) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:24:35 -0800 From: Jon Reynolds In-reply-to: <20031017194753.4dd6d8b9.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> To: Bryan Cassidy Message-id: <1066454674.6378.64.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <20031017194753.4dd6d8b9.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> cc: FreeBSD List Subject: Re: mpayer + sound problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jonr@destar.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 05:23:30 -0000 On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 16:47, Bryan Cassidy wrote: > I get this when trying to play movies in mplayer. > > audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device busy > AO: [arts] can't connect to aRts soundserver > /dev/dsp: Device busy > AO: [esd] esd_open_sound failed: Resource temporarily unavailable > ao_nas: init(): Can't open nas audio server -> nosound > SDL: Samplerate: 44100Hz Channels: Stereo Format Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) > /dev/dsp: Device busy > SDL: Unable to open audio: No available audio device > _______________________________________________ I would check that somwthing is not starting the aRts soundserver at boot time. Check your processes with 'ps ax' and look for aRts and kill it. Then try to use mplayer, this is usually what I find when I have a device busy. Hope that helps, Jon