mplayer play mp3 help

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leon Wrote: 
> Hi there,
> 
> Mplayer can play mp3 file but has some problem with alsa driver.
> I keep getting this message:
> 
> "alsa-space: xrun of at least 0.007 msecs. resetting stream"
> 
> And the sound is aweful.
> 
> If I use '-ao oss' option, it plays smoothly. Any suggestions?
> 
> Cheers
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If you are using ubuntu with gnome and not some other desktop manager
you need to tell mplayer to use esd.  Read this howto: 
http://tinyurl.com/crcek (since you already have mplayer just read the
part that's entitled "Configuring Sound")


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_jason