[vdr] Re: Mplayer does not start..

[Hans-Peter Raschke <Hans-Peter.Raschke@Wintermann-DatenService.de>]

Hello,

Axel Gruber schrieb:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> i want to use Mplayer patch to watch DIVX-movies on TV
> 
> now i Mplayer works well (sound-Output over Soundcard and Video over DVB) Delay also ok now...
> But now i want to start Mplayer direct from VDR.
> 
> If i kill VDR and start Mplayer by my mplayer.sh + Filename everything works fine.
> But if i want to start it with VDR+Patch the picture "flackert" for 1 Sec and thatīs all
> No error-Messsage on Command-Line or in SYSLOG
> 
> The syslog says Mplayer Started (with PID) - but i donīt see anything..
> 
> Does anyone have a Idea what to do ?

do you use ac3dec in the commandline or something else?

If /dev/dsp is opened by another program then Mplayer waits forever.
You could test this with
  fuser /dev/dsp
It gives you the PID of the program accessing /dev/dsp.

Hans-Peter Raschke

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