Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 21:01:33 +0000 From: dmaddox@scsn.net (Donald J. Maddox) To: David Kulp <dkulp@neomorphic.com>, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rvplayer v5 hangs or 'Cannot open audio device' Message-ID: <19981005210133.A472@scsn.net> In-Reply-To: <199810051817.LAA00634@board66.cruzers.com>; from David Kulp on Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 11:17:31AM -0700 References: <199810051817.LAA00634@board66.cruzers.com>
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I only run -current, so I can't speak authoritatively WRT your
specific situation, but... Once upon a time, I observed symptoms
very similar to what you describe when using the Linux rvplayer.
Then, a number of commits were made to the Linux emulator and the
two sound drivers in the -current tree (by Amancio Hasty and Luigi
Rizzo, if I recall correctly), and suddenly the rvplayer began to
work Just Fine. I don't believe these changes were backported to
-stable (but I might be wrong)... The answer to your problem may
just be to wait a week or two and upgrade to 3.0-RELEASE, or just
go -current now, if you Just Can't Wait :-)
On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 11:17:31AM -0700, David Kulp wrote:
> With RealPlayer v5, I get 'Cannot open audio device' although the
> RealPlayer v3 for FreeBSD works fine.
>
> Grrr... Anyone solved this problem running the RealPlayer v5 for
> linux? There are a few posts over the last year describing the same
> or similar problem, but no conclusive solutions.
>
> Just the facts:
> - SB AWE64
> - Voxware snd drivers
> - running up-to-date FBSD stable
> - using up-to-date linux_lib 2.4
> - LD_LIBRARY_PATH set for rvplayer v5
> - raplayer v3 and other audio apps (e.g. amp) work fine
> - world writable /dev/audio
> - RealPlayer, Version 5.0.0.45
>
> Other similar queries with no answer:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1507467+1509322+/usr/local/www/db/text/1998/freebsd-questions/19980927.freebsd-questions
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=491224+493138+/usr/local/www/db/text/1998/freebsd-questions/19980705.freebsd-questions
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2188360+2190134+/usr/local/www/db/text/1998/freebsd-questions/19980524.freebsd-questions
>
> More obscure facts:
>
> - If I open the welcome.ra file from the raplayer v3 distribution I
> get the 'Cannot open audio device'.
>
> - If I open the welcome.rm (an audio/video stream) then the player
> sort of hangs, the video is black, there is a long pause, then the
> progress meter moves to the end and announces that it's done.
> I can manually slide the slider and I can see indivual video frames,
> but no audio or video.
>
> - If I install the OSS drivers and try running rvplayer v5, then my
> system freezes up completely. No panic, just dead! Reproducible. Is
> this a clue?
>
> - Running a P166 w/ 96MB
>
>
> thanks!
> -david.
>
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