OSS4 O_EXCL works, but vmix does not

[cy1]

When my (vast majority) of sound applications open the pcm device, they do so without O_EXCL, and no sound comes out. When osstest does it uses O_EXCL, and I can hear sound coming out of the speakers. None of them produce any error messages that sound failed to open or is failing to be delivered anywhere. When I open up ossmix it shows vmix is there and turned on, but I'm not entirely familiar with its parameters. Could you take a look at it and see what I'm doing perhaps to muck things up?

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Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio ALC662
Known controls are:
jack.green.mode <front|input> (currently front)
jack.green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.green.front [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 63.9:63.9 dB)
jack.green.front-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.green.mix-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.pink.mode <c/lfe|input> (currently c/lfe)
jack.pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.pink.center/lfe [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 51.9:51.9 dB)
jack.pink.center/lfe-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.pink.mix-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.fp-pink.mode <front|c/lfe|input> (currently front)
jack.fp-pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.fp-pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.blue.mode <rear|input> (currently rear)
jack.blue.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.blue.rear [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 51.9:51.9 dB)
jack.blue.rear-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.blue.mix-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.fp-green.mode <front|c/lfe|input> (currently front)
jack.fp-green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.fp-green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.c/lfe1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.rear1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-headphone1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.front1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.mix1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 32.9:32.9 dB)
record.mix.mute.c/lfe2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.rear2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-headphone2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.front2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.mix2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix2 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.c/lfe [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.fp-mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.rear [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.fp-headphone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.front [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.mix <c/lfe|fp-mic|rear> (currently c/lfe)
vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON)
vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only)
vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Multich)
vmix0-src <Fast|High|OFF> (currently Fast)
vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm5 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) ("player")
vmix0.pcm6 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm7 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm8 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)


It seems peculiar that vmix starts from pcm5, when I only have pcm0 1 and 2 in /dev/oss.

My sound card is an ATI thing, on-board. It has three stereo jacks built-in on the back panel (green, pink and blue). On the motherboard there's a 7-pin 2x4 rectangle labeled "Front Audio Connector" that I can't fathom is anything but a way to add more jacks that is harmless if left unused. AMD motherboard. I don't think it's hardware though, because as I said when osstest opened pcm0 using O_EXCL sound came out perfectly fine. As this sound card is a glorified radio station I'd be happy to set O_EXCL myself, if I wouldn't have to reapply the patch every damn time gstreamer updates.

Here's the lspci -v:

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00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Trinity HDMI Audio Controller
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Trinity HDMI Audio Controller
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        Memory at fef44000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>


And in dmesg when I ran soundon, this popped up:

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[ 2115.751486] osscore: Unrecognized device class 6 for dev 0
[ 2342.394168] osscore: Unrecognized device class 6 for dev 0
[ 2672.004940] osscore: Output timed out on audio engine 2/'HD Audio play center/LFE' (count=0)
[ 2672.114550] osscore: Output timed out (sync) on audio engine 2


Anyone who sees something wrong with this picture please, let me know!

[igorzwx]

When my (vast majority) of sound applications open the pcm device, they do so without O_EXCL, and no sound comes out. When osstest does it uses O_EXCL, and I can hear sound coming out of the speakers. None of them produce any error messages that sound failed to open or is failing to be delivered anywhere. When I open up ossmix it shows vmix is there and turned on, but I'm not entirely familiar with its parameters. Could you take a look at it and see what I'm doing perhaps to muck things up?

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Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio ALC662
Known controls are:
jack.green.mode <front|input> (currently front)
jack.green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.green.front [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 63.9:63.9 dB)
jack.green.front-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.green.mix-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.pink.mode <c/lfe|input> (currently c/lfe)
jack.pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.pink.center/lfe [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 51.9:51.9 dB)
jack.pink.center/lfe-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.pink.mix-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.fp-pink.mode <front|c/lfe|input> (currently front)
jack.fp-pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.fp-pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.blue.mode <rear|input> (currently rear)
jack.blue.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.blue.rear [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 51.9:51.9 dB)
jack.blue.rear-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.blue.mix-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.fp-green.mode <front|c/lfe|input> (currently front)
jack.fp-green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
jack.fp-green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.c/lfe1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.rear1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-headphone1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.front1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.mix1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 32.9:32.9 dB)
record.mix.mute.c/lfe2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.rear2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.fp-headphone2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.front2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix.mute.mix2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
record.mix2 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.c/lfe [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.fp-mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.rear [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.fp-headphone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.front [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
misc.mix <c/lfe|fp-mic|rear> (currently c/lfe)
vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON)
vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only)
vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Multich)
vmix0-src <Fast|High|OFF> (currently Fast)
vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm5 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) ("player")
vmix0.pcm6 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm7 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm8 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)


It seems peculiar that vmix starts from pcm5, when I only have pcm0 1 and 2 in /dev/oss.

My sound card is an ATI thing, on-board. It has three stereo jacks built-in on the back panel (green, pink and blue). On the motherboard there's a 7-pin 2x4 rectangle labeled "Front Audio Connector" that I can't fathom is anything but a way to add more jacks that is harmless if left unused. AMD motherboard. I don't think it's hardware though, because as I said when osstest opened pcm0 using O_EXCL sound came out perfectly fine. As this sound card is a glorified radio station I'd be happy to set O_EXCL myself, if I wouldn't have to reapply the patch every damn time gstreamer updates.

Here's the lspci -v:

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00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Trinity HDMI Audio Controller
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Trinity HDMI Audio Controller
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        Memory at fef44000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>


And in dmesg when I ran soundon, this popped up:

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[ 2115.751486] osscore: Unrecognized device class 6 for dev 0
[ 2342.394168] osscore: Unrecognized device class 6 for dev 0
[ 2672.004940] osscore: Output timed out on audio engine 2/'HD Audio play center/LFE' (count=0)
[ 2672.114550] osscore: Output timed out (sync) on audio engine 2


Anyone who sees something wrong with this picture please, let me know!

This is strange:

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[your ossmix]
jack.pink.mode <c/lfe|input> (currently c/lfe)

You may want to use microphone for input. Right?
Or you are trying to configure surround playback?

gstreamer is not likely to work out of the box. It might be configured with special scripts, or it should be hacked/recompiled in some way.
You may also need to install/recompile "gnome-media" and other sorts of the crap.
[All these can be found in the ancient threads on this forum].

Do you really need such crap?
I do not use it at all.
What kind of crappy applications are you going to use with gstreamer?


You may try:

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ossinfo -a

Then:

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$ osstest 0
$ osstest -V 0

$ osstest 1
$ osstest -V 1

$ osstest 2
$ osstest -V 2

[and so on]

EXAMPLE:

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$ osstest -V 0
Sound subsystem and version: OSS 4.2 (b 2006/201303161803) (0x00040100)
Platform: Linux/i686 3.5.0-25-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 25 19:02:34 UTC 2013

*** Scanning sound adapter #-1 ***
/dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 (audio engine 0): HD Audio play front
- Performing audio playback test...
  <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47963.00 Hz (-0.08%)>

*** All tests completed OK ***

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$ man osstest
          It is possible to test just one of the available  audio  devices  by
          giving  its  number on command line (for example osstest 1). Use the
          device index numbers reported by "ossinfo -a".

          Virtual mixer devices will not be tested. Use the  -V  command  line
          option to force test of virtual devices.

Green = Front (output = playback)
Pink = Mic (input = recording)
Blue = Line-in (input = recording)

All of them can be used for playback and recording.

Some motherboards may not correctly initialize the jacks according
to their color and functionality but in general here's the
configuration that should generally be followed:

Orange = Center/LFE o Blue = Line-in
Black = Rear o Green = Front
Grey = Side o Pink = Mic

Some Azalia codecs support front panel connectors and so if you see
fp-green and fp-pink connectors, then these are for front panel
speaker and mic/line-in Jacks.

There is a function selector for most of the analog audio jacks (for example
connector.pink.mode). This selector is used to control if the jack is used
as an input (microphone or line in) or output (front, rear, side, speaker,
etc). http://manuals.opensound.com/usersguide ... audio.html

EXAMPLE:

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$ ossmix
Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio ALC887
Known controls are:
codec3.jack.green.mode <front|input> (currently front)
codec3.jack.green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.jack.green.front [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 52.9:52.9 dB)
codec3.jack.green.front-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)

[HW Mixing is dissabled. "ON" means "OFF" (muted), "OFF" means "ON" (unmuted)]
codec3.jack.green.input-mix-mut ON|OFF (currently ON)

codec3.jack.pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently input)
codec3.jack.pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 9.9:9.9 dB)
codec3.jack.pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.jack.fp-pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently input)
codec3.jack.fp-pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
codec3.jack.fp-pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.jack.blue.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front)
codec3.jack.blue [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
codec3.jack.blue.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.jack.fp-green.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front)
codec3.jack.fp-green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
codec3.jack.fp-green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.fp-mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.linein1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.fp-head1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.int-cd1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.front1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.input-m1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 17.9:17.9 dB)
codec3.record.mix.mute.mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.fp-mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.linein2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.fp-head2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.int-cd2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.front2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix.mute.input-m2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.record.mix2 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 37.9:37.9 dB)
codec3.misc.rear1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 51.9:51.9 dB)
codec3.misc.center/lfe1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 53.9:53.9 dB)
codec3.misc.side1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 50.9:50.9 dB)
codec3.misc.mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 37.4:37.4 dB)
codec3.misc.fp-mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB)
codec3.misc.linein [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
codec3.misc.fp-headphone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
codec3.misc.int-cd [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
codec3.misc.front [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
codec3.misc.input-mix <mic|fp-mic|linein|int-cd> (currently fp-mic)
codec3.misc.rear-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.misc.input-mix-mute1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.misc.rear2 <rear|input-mix> (currently rear)
codec3.misc.center/lfe-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.misc.input-mix-mute2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.misc.center/lfe2 <center/LFE|input-mix> (currently center/LFE)
codec3.misc.side-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.misc.input-mix-mute3 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.misc.side2 <side|input-mix> (currently side)
codec3.misc.pcm41 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 45.9:45.9 dB)
codec3.misc.pcm4-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.misc.input-mix-mute4 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
codec3.misc.pcm42 <pcm4|input-mix> (currently pcm4)
codec4.jack.int-digout.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON)
vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only)
vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Stereo)
vmix0-src <Fast|High|High+|Production|OFF> (currently OFF)
vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm9 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm10 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm11 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm12 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)

[cesium]

Several notes:
A) When you run osstest, on which output sound is emitted? It could be that vmix is attached to the wrong output (the default isn't always right).
B) Try changing vmix0-channels to Stereo
C) Patch? gstreamer does usually work out of the box, if the oss4 plugin is installed (which is in recent gstreamer-good, [or] not so recent gstreamer-bad). You could have been using outdated instructions... (really old gstreamer did need a patch).

[igorzwx]

C) gstreamer does usually work out of the box, if the oss4 plugin is installed (which is in recent gstreamer-good, [or] not so recent gstreamer-bad). You could have been using outdated instructions... (really old gstreamer did need a patch).

Yes.
gstreamer seems to work "out of the box" with OSS4.
I tested this with the latest Mubuntu:

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$ sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-good

and everything seems to work "out of the box" with OSS4: Totem, Banshee

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[cy1]

OK I disabled vmix in /usr/lib/oss/osscore.conf and that allowed every application to play sound (albeit without mixing (which I don't really need)). So if you don't have any ideas what I've got will work. I still don't know how to get vmix working right though, or alternatives that might be easier to manage than gstreamer.

I have a pretty recent gstreamer, with the oss4 plugin.

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gst-inspect-1.0 version 1.0.5
GStreamer 1.0.5
http://www.archlinux.org/


What I need is a program that can decode various audio files (mp3,vorbis,aac,mp4,etc) where I can provide a replay-gain without embedding it in the file (the gain is in a database, and many audio files can't embed that information), whose playlist is also drawn from the database table. The player also has to indicate whether it has completely played a song, or been interrupted, so I can set a song's "last-played" value or not. Is there some way to do that besides gstreamer? It's the only general audio/media decoding/playback library I know of. I wrote a program using gstreamer to do this stuff, which has worked up until I got this new motherboard w/ new onboard sound.

I ran strace on both this player and osstest to see what device they were accessing, and both opened /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0. That's definitely the device for the green jack, as osstest sends audio bright and clear to the speakers. The only difference is that osstest opened it using the O_EXCL flag, which I gather is deliberately aimed at skipping vmix. Adding that flag would be the only reason I needed to patch gstreamer. But again, that would defeat the purpose of vmix entirely.

[cesium]

Hmm.. You can try enabling vmix but disabling vmix autoattach in osscore.conf, and than attaching vmix manually, say using '-r' and/or '-M' switches (see "man vmixctl" for details). e.g.:
vmixctl attach -r -M /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0

Also, please paste 'ossinfo -v3' output.

Btw, alot of people who do music stations use MPD, but I don't know if it can keep a gain per file stored somewhere...

igorzwx: oops. Will do.

[igorzwx]

What I need is a program that can decode various audio files (mp3,vorbis,aac,mp4,etc)

MPlayer/Mplayer2, DeadBeef, Audacious seem to be able to play everything.

DeadBeef and Audacious permit "exclusive mode" which disables VMIX.
However, to have "exclusive mode" with DeadBeef, you have to install Petrov's plugin.

You may also try to hack Mplayer2 to enable "exclusive" mode.
See the code of ossplay and Audacious.
You may also ask Michal viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3834

[igorzwx]

C)gstreamer does usually work out of the box, if the oss4 plugin is installed (which is in recent gstreamer-good, [or] not so recent gstreamer-bad). You could have been using outdated instructions... (really old gstreamer did need a patch).

Although it works on Mubuntu, your advice is likely to be wrong.
To make "gstreamer" working with OSS4, you should also remove something, see the manual for Ubuntu users.

On Arch Linux, one may need to recompile a dozen of multimedia applications.

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