[Bug 490124] [NEW] mplayer hangs with "-ao pulse" and "-ao alsa" if mythfrontend is running.

[rsay]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: mythtv

1. Go to the command line with mythtvfrontend stopped.
mplayer -ao pulse somefile.avi
Works

mplayer -ao alsa somefile.avi
Works

mplayer -ao oss somefile.avi
Works


2. Start mythfrontend (in a window if necessary), then from command line as before:
mplayer -ao pulse somefile.avi
Hangs

mplayer -ao alsa somefile.avi
Hangs

mplayer -ao oss somefile.avi
WORKS

So in summary, while running Ubuntu64 9.10, mplayer cannot play files
with -ao alsa or -ao pulse if mythfrontend is running. This is
regardless of whether mplayer is called from within the frontend or from
the command line. Upgrading mplayer to svn did not resolve this problem,
making me think it is more likely to be an audio bug. Running mplayer
with -ao oss is a workaround for this bug.

Forum discussion is here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8409846#post8409846

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 29 17:53:03 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mythtv-frontend 0.21.0+fixes21383-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu4 [modified: usr/share/mythtv/info_menu.xml]
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: mythtv
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic x86_64

** Affects: mythtv (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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mplayer hangs with "-ao pulse" and "-ao alsa" if mythfrontend is running.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490124
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