Still problems with vlc 0.2.72

[Christophe Massiot]

À (At) 21:47 +0100 20/04/01, Geoff Eddy écrivait (wrote) :

>   intf: interface initialized
>   aout error: can't set audio output rate (44100)
>   aout error: audio initialization failed, audio is deactivated
>
>Further investigation revealed that the ioctl() call which tries to set the
>audio rate fails with errno = 22 (EINVAL, or "invalid argument"). If I try
>"vlc -A esd", I get this:
>
>   SNDCTL_DSP_SPEED: Invalid argument
>   Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 16bit failed
>   Trying 44.1Khz, 8bit stereo.
>
>several times over with different numbers each time. Obviously my sound
>configuration is wrong somewhere; can I fix it? Sound plays fine with other
>applications (CD player, xmms, xine, etc.)

I have the same problem with a VIA sound chip and I haven't solved it 
yet. It seems to be a driver problem, so try another kernel. I was 
told it could work with an ALSA driver.


-- 
Christophe Massiot.