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iomartin

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Registered: 2013-10-10

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MPD won't play some files that mplayer does

Hi,

I've got a few mp3's that mpd (ncmpcpp) won't play. mplayer or totem can play them fine. The progress bar moves but there's no sound and it doesn't display any error message.

What can I do?

GloW_on_dub

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Re: MPD won't play some files that mplayer does

does it work with mpg123 ?
What is mediainfo output ?

Last edited by GloW_on_dub (2014-03-31 20:58:26)

iomartin

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Re: MPD won't play some files that mplayer does

does it work with mpg123 ?
What is mediainfo output ?

Yes, mpg123 plays it fine.

$ mediainfo  03\ Estou\ Triste.mp3 
Complete name                            : 03 Estou Triste.mp3
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
File size                                : 12.1 MiB
Duration                                 : 5mn 12s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Constant
Overall bit rate                         : 320 Kbps
Album                                    : Abraçaço
Part/Position                            : 1
Part/Total                               : 1
Track name                               : Estou Triste
Track name/Position                      : 3
Track name/Total                         : 11
Performer                                : Caetano Veloso
Composer                                 : Caetano Veloso
Encoded by                               : iTunes 11.0.1.12
Genre                                    : Latin
Recorded date                            : 2012
Cover                                    : Yes
Cover type                               : Cover (front)
Cover MIME                               : image/jpeg
iTunPGAP                                 : 0

Audio
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 3
Duration                                 : 5mn 12s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 320 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 11.9 MiB (99%)

emeres

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Re: MPD won't play some files that mplayer does

Set log_level in mpd.conf to verbose, it should produce useful output in mpds log. Can you narrow down the type of mp3s that are not playing correctly (cbr,vbr, joint stereo)? Is mpd from repository or AUR? Is anything else that mpd depends upon not from repository? It will not hurt to run ldd.

ldd /usr/bin/mpd

I would check changelogs of dependencies for any major changes in APIs and similar. Try stripping tags down from those mp3s. If you use the repository version, as last resort you could build mpd yourself.

Rasi

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Re: MPD won't play some files that mplayer does

when mpg123 works, set mpg123 as engine for mp3 files in mpd.conf

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iomartin

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Registered: 2013-10-10

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Re: MPD won't play some files that mplayer does

when mpg123 works, set mpg123 as engine for mp3 files in mpd.conf

Great, that worked!