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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:37 am    Post subject: Alsa tries wrong device, sound fails Reply with quote

Definition: Pianobar: CLI for Pandora Internet Radio. Don't complain, it's what I use.

Problem: Sometimes the sound works. Sometimes it doesn't. It's an ALSA problem though. Below are the logs of running the program.

Code:
tmc@Trivium ~ $ pianobar
Welcome to pianobar (2013.05.19)! Press ? for a list of commands.
(i) Login... Ok.
(i) Get stations... Ok.
|>  Station "Escala Radio" (1360920204802686585)
(i) Receiving new playlist... Ok.
|>  "Crystallize" by "Lindsey Stirling" on "Crystallize (Single)"
|>  "Kiss The Rain" by "Yiruma" on "Piano Museum"
ao_alsa WARNING: Unable to open surround playback.  Trying default device...
|>  "Across The Burren" by "Michele McLaughlin" on "A Celtic Dream"
|>  "Sahara" by "Bond" on "Shine"
ao_alsa WARNING: Unable to open surround playback.  Trying default device...
(i) Receiving new playlist... Ok.
|>  "Hurt" by "2cellos" on "2cellos"
|>  "Finding Beauty" by "Escala" on "Escala"
ao_alsa WARNING: Unable to open surround playback.  Trying default device...
|>  "Vintage (Sans Drums)" by "Break Of Reality" on "Spectrum Of The Sky"
|>  "Ghosts Of A Future Lost" by "Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet" on "Requiem For A Dream"
ao_alsa WARNING: Unable to open surround playback.  Trying default device...
(i) Receiving new playlist... Ok.
|>  "Teen Spirit" by "David Garrett" on "Rock Symphonies"
|>  "Requiem For A Dream" by "Jennifer Thomas" on "Illumination"
ao_alsa WARNING: Unable to open surround playback.  Trying default device...
|>  "Echo" by "Helen Jane Long" on "Porcelain"
|>  "I'll Fly Away" by "Bond" on "Classified"
ao_alsa WARNING: Unable to open surround playback.  Trying default device...
(i) Receiving new playlist... Ok.
|>  "Dark Night Of The Soul" by "Philip Wesley" on "Dark Night Of The Soul"
|>  "Variations On The Kanon By Pachelbel" by "George Winston" on "December"
ao_alsa WARNING: Unable to open surround playback.  Trying default device...
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All of the songs that have
Code:
ao_alsa WARNING: Unable to open surround playback.  Trying default device...
on them, I can hear. (the notice shows up just after the name, in time too). All the rest, I can't. Pressing 'n' for Next Song rolls my dice again, no different from waiting the 5 minutes of silence, when the next song comes along, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Ideally, all songs would work, without the error. Any suggestions?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 3:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Get some decent debugging info, using the speaker-test command - read config in my sig, for lots of useful info.

What is pianobar's "surround"? Is it ALSA's "surround51" PCM?
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