Bug#585555: Please don't set the default audio output in /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf

[Andres Mejia]

severity 585555 wishlist
tags 585555 wontfix
thanks

Considering the integration of pulseaudio by many distributions and projects, 
and considering the fact that Debian's gnome package ultimitely depends on 
pulseaudio through it's dependencies, it's reasonable to assume that 
pulseaudio will be installed on a user's machine, for the majority case.

Also, I think having the sound device taken over by one program, leaving other 
programs with no sound, is a bigger issue than waiting a few seconds for 
mplayer to start playback.

On Friday 11 June 2010 12:13:36 Pascal Gervais wrote:
> Package: mplayer
> Version: 2:1.0~rc3+svn20100502-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi
> 
> Since the update from version 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426 to version
> 2:1.0~rc3+svn20100502 in May 2010, mplayer takes six to seven seconds
> before starting to play any video and audio, trying to find pulseaudio
> on a system where pulseaudio is not installed.
> 
> So, can you please let ao=pulse,alsa,sdl:aalib commented in
> /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf and add in README.Debian that pulseaudio
> users should use ao=pulse in ~/.mplayer/config or specify the '-ao
> pulse' option on their command line.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'stable'), (90, 'unstable'), (1,
> 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages mplayer depends on:
> ii  libaa1                  1.4p5-38
> ii  libasound2              1.0.22-2
> ii  libaudio2               1.9.2-3
> ii  libavcodec52            4:0.5.1-3
> ii  libavformat52           4:0.5.1-3
> ii  libavutil49             4:0.5.1-3
> ii  libc6                   2.11.1-2
> ii  libcaca0                0.99.beta17-1
> ii  libcdparanoia0          3.10.2+debian-9
> ii  libdirectfb-1.2-9       1.2.10.0-3
> ii  libdvdread4             4.1.3-9
> ii  libenca0                1.13-1
> ii  libesd0                 0.2.41-7
> ii  libfontconfig1          2.8.0-2.1
> ii  libfreetype6            2.3.11-1
> ii  libfribidi0             0.19.2-1
> ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.4-1
> ii  libgif4                 4.1.6-9
> ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1 7.7.1-2
> ii  libjack0                1.9.5~dfsg-13
> ii  libjpeg62               6b-16.1
> ii  liblircclient0          0.8.3-5
> ii  liblzo2-2               2.03-2
> ii  libncurses5             5.7+20100313-2
> ii  libogg0                 1.2.0~dfsg-1
> ii  libopenal1              1:1.12.854-2
> ii  libpng12-0              1.2.43-1
> ii  libpostproc51           4:0.5.1-3
> ii  libpulse0               0.9.21-1
> ii  libsdl1.2debian         1.2.14-6
> ii  libsmbclient            2:3.4.8~dfsg-1
> ii  libspeex1               1.2~rc1-1
> ii  libstdc++6              4.4.4-1
> ii  libsvga1                1:1.4.3-29
> ii  libswscale0             4:0.5.1-3
> ii  libtheora0              1.1.1+dfsg.1-3
> ii  libx11-6                2:1.3.3-3
> ii  libxext6                2:1.1.1-3
> ii  libxinerama1            2:1.1-3
> ii  libxt6                  1:1.0.7-1
> ii  libxv1                  2:1.0.5-1
> ii  libxvmc1                2:1.0.5-1
> ii  libxxf86dga1            2:1.1.1-2
> ii  libxxf86vm1             1:1.1.0-2
> ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3
> 
> mplayer recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages mplayer suggests:
> ii  bzip2                         1.0.5-4
> ii  fontconfig                    2.8.0-2.1
> pn  mplayer-doc                   <none>
> pn  netselect | fping             <none>
> pn  ttf-freefont                  <none>
> 
> -- no debconf information

-- 
Regards,
Andres Mejia