[MPlayer-users] How to get mplayer to send correct output to USB DAC?

[John Long]

Hi,

I am trying to play music from my PC through a USB DAC. In Fedora
Linux, using gnome settings I am able to direct the output to the DAC.
When I play a music file through mplayer I can hear the song but the
DAC shows "Not connected."

I guess I am not using the correct command line and mplayer is decoding
the music and sending the stream to the device which just passes it
through. I normally use mplayer filename to play a song. I looked at
the man page but I cannot figure out how to get this to work.

How can I get mplayer to send the appropriate type of signal to the USB
DAC?

Thanks,

/jl

[Amallric Van Duyke]

You should be able to direct the audio output from mplayer just as you are
doing it with the gnome settings. Select the correct sound driver (in your
case I guess either alsa or pulse, probably pulse) and then make sure to
point it to the correct output device. Look up documentation for alsa or
pulse for the correct syntax. Good luck.

Post by John Long
Hi,
I am trying to play music from my PC through a USB DAC. In Fedora
Linux, using gnome settings I am able to direct the output to the DAC.
When I play a music file through mplayer I can hear the song but the
DAC shows "Not connected."
I guess I am not using the correct command line and mplayer is decoding
the music and sending the stream to the device which just passes it
through. I normally use mplayer filename to play a song. I looked at
the man page but I cannot figure out how to get this to work.
How can I get mplayer to send the appropriate type of signal to the USB
DAC?
Thanks,
/jl
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[John Long]

Post by Amallric Van Duyke
You should be able to direct the audio output from mplayer just as you are
doing it with the gnome settings. Select the correct sound driver (in your
case I guess either alsa or pulse, probably pulse) and then make sure to
point it to the correct output device. Look up documentation for alsa or
pulse for the correct syntax. Good luck.

The mplayer output is going to the USB DAC but it seems like mplayer is
decoding it first and then the DAC passes it through as-is. The problem
is not directing mplayer's output to the DAC, the problem seems to be
how to get mplayer to send the correct type of stream to the DAC.

Thanks,

/jl
.