[gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Damian]

Hello,

When I try to play an ogg file, mpd says it is playing it, but there
is no sound.

Mps has been built with the following use flags:
     Use flags:               (aac) (alsa) (-ao) (-audiofile) (-avahi)
(flac) (-icecast) (iconv) (ipv6) (-jack) (-libsamplerate) (-mikmod)
(mp3) (-musepack) (ogg) (-oss) (-pulseaudio) (unicode) (vorbis)

So ogg is enabled. This is quite frustrating :(

Any ideas?

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Willie Wong]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 09:15:54PM +0100, Penguin Lover Damian squawked:
> Hello,
> 
> When I try to play an ogg file, mpd says it is playing it, but there
> is no sound.
> 
> Mps has been built with the following use flags:
>      Use flags:               (aac) (alsa) (-ao) (-audiofile) (-avahi)
> (flac) (-icecast) (iconv) (ipv6) (-jack) (-libsamplerate) (-mikmod)
> (mp3) (-musepack) (ogg) (-oss) (-pulseaudio) (unicode) (vorbis)
> 
> So ogg is enabled. This is quite frustrating :(
> 
> Any ideas?

Which version of mpd?

Are just ogg files the problem? What about mp3s?

Also, make sure your ogg file is actually ogg vorbis? Not some other
encoding in an ogg container?

W

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Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Damian]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Willie Wong <wwong@princeton.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 09:15:54PM +0100, Penguin Lover Damian squawked:
>> Hello,
>>
>> When I try to play an ogg file, mpd says it is playing it, but there
>> is no sound.
>>
>> Mps has been built with the following use flags:
>>      Use flags:               (aac) (alsa) (-ao) (-audiofile) (-avahi)
>> (flac) (-icecast) (iconv) (ipv6) (-jack) (-libsamplerate) (-mikmod)
>> (mp3) (-musepack) (ogg) (-oss) (-pulseaudio) (unicode) (vorbis)
>>
>> So ogg is enabled. This is quite frustrating :(
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Which version of mpd?

~ $ mpd --version
mpd (MPD: Music Player Daemon) 0.13.2

Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Warren Dukes <warren.dukes@gmail.com>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Supported formats:
mp3 mp2 ogg oga ogg flac m4a mp4

Supported outputs:
alsa

> Are just ogg files the problem? What about mp3s?
mp3's play just fine.

> Also, make sure your ogg file is actually ogg vorbis? Not some other
I think it is. Here's mplayer's output:
Playing 05. Sumo - El reggae de paz y amor.ogg.
[Ogg] stream 0: audio (Vorbis), -aid 0
Ogg file format detected.

mplayer plays just fine.

> W
>
> --
> Pintsize: It's just tomato sauce, and I don't explode cats. It's way
>    too difficult to coax them into the microwave.
> Sortir en Pantoufles: up 827 days, 20:14
>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Robert Bridge]

Damian wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> When I try to play an ogg file, mpd says it is playing it, but there
> is no sound.
> 
> Mps has been built with the following use flags:
>      Use flags:               (aac) (alsa) (-ao) (-audiofile) (-avahi)
> (flac) (-icecast) (iconv) (ipv6) (-jack) (-libsamplerate) (-mikmod)
> (mp3) (-musepack) (ogg) (-oss) (-pulseaudio) (unicode) (vorbis)
> 
> So ogg is enabled. This is quite frustrating :(
> 
> Any ideas?

I'm going to ask the really irritating tech support question: Is ALSA
muted? Is the volume set to zero on the speakers?

Probably checked already, but...

RobbieAB

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Damian]

> I'm going to ask the really irritating tech support question: Is ALSA
> muted? Is the volume set to zero on the speakers?
haha I'm perfectly capable of making that mistake. However, this is
not the case. Playing mp3 files works fine.

One of the mpd developers told me that the version I have (the latest
stable in portage) is a very old one, so I should try
unmasking/upgrading first.

Best,
Damian.

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Saphirus Sage]

On Mar 14, 2009, at 4:15 PM, Damian <damian.only@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> When I try to play an ogg file, mpd says it is playing it, but there
> is no sound.
>
> Mps has been built with the following use flags:
>     Use flags:               (aac) (alsa) (-ao) (-audiofile) (-avahi)
> (flac) (-icecast) (iconv) (ipv6) (-jack) (-libsamplerate) (-mikmod)
> (mp3) (-musepack) (ogg) (-oss) (-pulseaudio) (unicode) (vorbis)
>
> So ogg is enabled. This is quite frustrating :(
>
> Any ideas?
Unless I'm mistaken, mpd uses gstreamer, right? So, have you checked  
that you have gst-plugins-ogg emerged?

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Damian]

> Unless I'm mistaken, mpd uses gstreamer, right? So, have you checked that
> you have gst-plugins-ogg emerged?
So, this would imply a buggy ebuild?

>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Saphirus Sage]

Damian wrote:
>> Unless I'm mistaken, mpd uses gstreamer, right? So, have you checked that
>> you have gst-plugins-ogg emerged?
>>     
> So, this would imply a buggy ebuild?
>
>   
Maybe, I had a similar issue getting rhythmbox to play ogg files,
despite the ogg use flag in my make.conf. Looking through the ebuild now
though, it looks like I'm probably wrong about it being a gstreamer issue.

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Damian]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Saphirus Sage <saphirus497@gmail.com> wrote:
> Damian wrote:
>>> Unless I'm mistaken, mpd uses gstreamer, right? So, have you checked that
>>> you have gst-plugins-ogg emerged?
>>>
>> So, this would imply a buggy ebuild?
>>
>>
> Maybe, I had a similar issue getting rhythmbox to play ogg files,
> despite the ogg use flag in my make.conf. Looking through the ebuild now
> though, it looks like I'm probably wrong about it being a gstreamer issue.
I only found this:
    http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg594020.html

But I don't know if I have the same problem.

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Willie Wong]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:37:54PM +0100, Penguin Lover Damian squawked:
> > Unless I'm mistaken, mpd uses gstreamer, right? So, have you checked that
> > you have gst-plugins-ogg emerged?
> So, this would imply a buggy ebuild?

Yes, you are mistaken. mpd does not need to use gstreamer. 

To the OP, I don't think it can be strictly a versions issue. I run
mpd-0.13.2 on my desktop, and ogg-vorbis (pretty much my entire music
collection is in this format) plays just fine. On my laptop I use
0.14.2, it is stable enough (and has some nice features), so you can
go ahead a try it if you wish.

W
-- 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Damian]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Willie Wong <wwong@princeton.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:37:54PM +0100, Penguin Lover Damian squawked:
>> > Unless I'm mistaken, mpd uses gstreamer, right? So, have you checked that
>> > you have gst-plugins-ogg emerged?
>> So, this would imply a buggy ebuild?
>
> Yes, you are mistaken. mpd does not need to use gstreamer.
>
> To the OP, I don't think it can be strictly a versions issue. I run
> mpd-0.13.2 on my desktop, and ogg-vorbis (pretty much my entire music
> collection is in this format) plays just fine. On my laptop I use
> 0.14.2, it is stable enough (and has some nice features), so you can
> go ahead a try it if you wish.
I uploaded this album to my mp4 player, and it hung when I tried to
play it. So there may be something wrong with the encoding. The
strange thing is that mplayer plays it just fine.

I'll try to make some time to translate some mp3 file to ogg and see
what happens.

>
> W
> --
> The true significance of Sacajawea's involvement
> in the Lewis and Clark expedition:
>  It was the first documented trip in history where men asked a woman for
>  directions and followed them, allowing them to arrive at their destination.
> Sortir en Pantoufles: up 829 days, 11:52
>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Willie Wong]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 02:16:40PM +0100, Penguin Lover Damian squawked:
> I uploaded this album to my mp4 player, and it hung when I tried to
> play it. So there may be something wrong with the encoding. The
> strange thing is that mplayer plays it just fine.
> 
> I'll try to make some time to translate some mp3 file to ogg and see
> what happens.

You can also try playing the file using ogg123. 

W
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Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Damian]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Willie Wong <wwong@princeton.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 02:16:40PM +0100, Penguin Lover Damian squawked:
>> I uploaded this album to my mp4 player, and it hung when I tried to
>> play it. So there may be something wrong with the encoding. The
>> strange thing is that mplayer plays it just fine.
>>
>> I'll try to make some time to translate some mp3 file to ogg and see
>> what happens.
>
> You can also try playing the file using ogg123.
I've tried, and they play just fine.

> W
> --
> S: oh, he's got this weird philosophy worked out, in which he does whatever he
> wants, and doesn't worry about whether it will make other people happy
> W: self serving utilitarianism under the misuse of Adam Smith
> W: case number 539
>
> (Ad paid for by W.
> Emotional Troubles? Relationship Problems? Generally Depressed?
> Leave your name, phone, and AIM handle. I will get back to you ASAP.)
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>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Stroller]

On 16 Mar 2009, at 13:16, Damian wrote:
> ... The strange thing is that mplayer plays it just fine. ...

That's a bit inconclusive, because mplayer seems very forgiving. You  
can put completely invalid codecs into a container format and mplayer  
will just be all "ok, I can work out what this is".

Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Willie Wong]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 09:15:54PM +0100, Penguin Lover Damian squawked:
> Hello,
> 
> When I try to play an ogg file, mpd says it is playing it, but there
> is no sound.
> 
> Mps has been built with the following use flags:
>      Use flags:               (aac) (alsa) (-ao) (-audiofile) (-avahi)
> (flac) (-icecast) (iconv) (ipv6) (-jack) (-libsamplerate) (-mikmod)
> (mp3) (-musepack) (ogg) (-oss) (-pulseaudio) (unicode) (vorbis)
> 


The use flags look alright,  I think, the only differences are:
-ipv6 +mikmod +musepack on my desktop. But yet I have a lot more
support codecs then you do:

[09:13 AM]wwong ~ $ mpd --version
mpd (MPD: Music Player Daemon) 0.13.2

Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Warren Dukes <warren.dukes@gmail.com>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Supported formats:
mp3 mp2 ogg oga ogg flac wav au aiff aif m4a mp4 mpc amf dsm far gdm imf it med mod mtm s3m stm stx ult uni xm 

Supported outputs:
alsa 

I am not quite sure whether some sort of auto-detection at build-time
gives me those formats. Hum, along that line, you can try the 0.14.2
version as suggested by the devs. At the very least you get more
configuration options.

W

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Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files

[Mike Kazantsev]

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On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:19:54 -0400
Willie Wong <wwong@Princeton.EDU> wrote:

> The use flags look alright,  I think, the only differences are:
> -ipv6 +mikmod +musepack on my desktop. But yet I have a lot more
> support codecs then you do:
...
> Supported formats:
> mp3 mp2 ogg oga ogg flac wav au aiff aif m4a mp4 mpc amf dsm far gdm imf it med mod mtm s3m stm stx ult uni xm 

musepack is responsible for the mpc, the rest are module-file formats,
usually used for the great 8-bit music.
There's just many of them, often from different platforms.

-- 
Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net

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