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

[Damian <damian.only@gmail.com>]

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.

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