[MPlayer-users] Software AC3 Decoding with CM8738

[Arpi]

Hi,

> I'm experiencing a weird situation when I'm playing files with 
> AC3-audio with mplayer. I'm using the analog outputs of my soundcard 
> (CMedia CM 8783) with mplayer's software AC3 decoder. Playing back 
> 5.1-sound with "-channels=6" works fine, but if I pause and unpause 
> during playback, channels are switched. For example:
> 
> Start playing (center output comes from center) --> pause --> unpause 
> --> center comes from front left or rear left

hmm

i assume you're using oss (cannot see mplayer -v log here)
the oss driver re-opens device at pause, as described in oss specs.

it's probably a driver bug, it may swap channels at reopen?

try to kill reopening code in ao_oss.c


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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