[Alsaplayer-devel] alsaplayer configure says "Build alsa 0.9.x output plugin: no"

[Timur Tabi]

Hubert (Chan) Chathi wrote:

> In Debian, the package should be called libasound2-dev.  If apt-get 
> doesn't work (why not?), 

No DNS.

 > you can download the package (along with
> libasound2) from
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libasound2-dev
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libasound2

I installed alsa-lib from alsa-project.org and that works.  Well, almost. 
When I try to actually use alsaplayer, I get this error message:

ALSA lib pcm_plug.c:773:(snd_pcm_plug_hw_refine_schange) Unable to find an 
usable access for '(null)'
44100 HZ not available, trying 48000 HZ
ALSA lib pcm_plug.c:773:(snd_pcm_plug_hw_refine_schange) Unable to find an 
usable access for '(null)'
error on setting output_rate (44100)
Unavailable hw params:
ACCESS:  RW_INTERLEAVED
FORMAT:  S16_BE
SUBFORMAT:  STD
SAMPLE_BITS: 16
FRAME_BITS: [16 160000]
CHANNELS: [1 10000]
RATE: [44100 44100]
PERIOD_TIME: (166 42667)
PERIOD_SIZE: (7 183253370)
PERIOD_BYTES: (14 4294967295)
PERIODS: (0 52357697)
BUFFER_TIME: [1 4294967295]
BUFFER_SIZE: [14 3763]
BUFFER_BYTES: [28 4294967295]
TICK_TIME: 1000
ALSA lib pcm_plug.c:773:(snd_pcm_plug_hw_refine_schange) Unable to find an 
usable access for '(null)'
44100 HZ not available, trying 48000 HZ
ALSA lib pcm_plug.c:773:(snd_pcm_plug_hw_refine_schange) Unable to find an 
usable access for '(null)'
error on setting output_rate (44100)
Unavailable hw params:
ACCESS:  RW_INTERLEAVED
FORMAT:  S16_BE
SUBFORMAT:  STD
SAMPLE_BITS: 16
FRAME_BITS: [16 160000]
CHANNELS: [1 10000]
RATE: [44100 44100]
PERIOD_TIME: (166 42667)
PERIOD_SIZE: (7 183253370)
PERIOD_BYTES: (14 4294967295)
PERIODS: (0 52357697)
BUFFER_TIME: [1 4294967295]
BUFFER_SIZE: [14 3763]
BUFFER_BYTES: [28 4294967295]
TICK_TIME: 1000
failed to configure output device...trying OSS
error opening /dev/dsp
Failed to initialize plugin!
Failed to register plugin: /usr/local/lib/alsaplayer/output/liboss_out.so
failed to load output plugin (alsa). exitting...

> (or replace "unstable" with whatever distribution (stable, testing) you 
> are using)
> 
> P.S.  Are you the same Timur Tabi who was involved in the OS/2 community?

Yep, that's me.

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Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale