MPlayer with ALSA

Jose Lopes
Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

because, by default, MPlayer tries to use OSS. With OSS, having multiple sound sources playing simultaneously is not possible because they lock the special file /dev/dsp. On the other hand, instructing MPlayer to use ALSA on every command line is cumbersome. Instead, edit MPlayer's configuration file ~/.mplayer/config and add the following property

ao=alsa