Ogle and Alsa

[phunni]

Recently installed Ogle based on a tutorial that I think I found from a link on this site (last night was so long ago - I can't be sure :wink: ) but whenever I try to run ogle everything seems to be going ok until I get this error:

 

[ogle_alsa]: Opening device: default

!#!!!!#![ogle_alsa]: error while opening alsa.

: No such file or directory

FATAL[ogle_audio]: failed opening the alsa audio driver at default

 

 

Alsa is installed - whenever I try to enable it from the services in drakconf, it says that alsa driver isn't running

 

Any ideas how I can fix this? I'd love to be able to play DVDs on this machine

[Guest SDMF]

If you are having trouble with alsa in general, you can try the following.

 

./configure --disable-alsa

make

make install

 

I have alsa installed but do not use it, and I use that argument in the configure script to get ogle to use OSS and disregard alsa completely.

 

Also, type man oglerc to find out how to specify default settings.

[phunni]

using make after

 

 ./configure --disable-alsa

 

returns the following error:

 

./libogleao/.libs/libogleao.al(ogle_ao.lo): In function `ao_drivers':

/home/paul/Downloads/Ogle/ogle-0.9.1/libogleao/ogle_ao.c:52: undefined reference to `ao_alsa_open'

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

make[1]: *** [ogle_audio] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/paul/Downloads/Ogle/ogle-0.9.1/ac3'

make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

 

The results of the configure did specify that alsa was not going to be enabled.

 

Any thoughts?

[Guest SDMF]

I dunno, I just downloaded the latest version and compiled, I couldn't reproduce the problem.

 

Make sure you have the latest version of all the dependencies listed on their site, and if that doesn't work then look into the man page for oglerc and try to force OSS there.

[phunni]

I have the latest verisions of everything - and I can't find a man page for oglerc - man oglerc does nothing - surely this file is for use post compile? I haven't even got that far.

 

Ah well - I guess I just can't play DVDs on my computer - I've tried getting xine to work and Mplayer but with equally annoying and mysterious problems

[Guest SDMF]

So you never got ogle to compile in the first place? According to your original post you said that you were able to install it. This should have installed the man pages.

 

Here is the the oglerc man page:

OGLERC(5)                                                            OGLERC(5)







NAME

      oglerc - ogle configuration file



DESCRIPTION

      The oglerc file is a configuration file for ogle.  There is one system-

      wide  file  in  ${prefix}/share/oglerc  and  an  optional   user   file

      $HOME/.oglerc which overrides system settings.

      The file is written in XML, with a DTD in an external file.

      Look in the system-wide oglerc for available settings.

      The  configuration  is divided into four main groups: dvd, audio, video

      and user_interface.



      These are the available tags:



      <ogle_conf>







        <dvd>

          <nav>

            <defaults>

              <DefaultMenuLanguage>en</DefaultMenuLanguage>

              <DefaultAudioLanguage>en</DefaultAudioLanguage>

              <DefaultSubtitleLanguage>en</DefaultSubtitleLanguage>

              <ParentalCountry>US</ParentalCountry>

              <ParentalLevel>15</ParentalLevel>

              <PlayerRegion>1</PlayerRegion>

            </defaults>

          </nav>

          <device>

            <path>/cdrom/cdrom0</path>

          </device>

        </dvd>



      The <DefaultMenuLanguage>, <DefaultAudioLanguage> and <DefaultSubtitle-

      Language> tags should be set to your preferred ISO-639 2-character lan-

      guage code.  Depending on how the DVD uses these values you  might  get

      different languages when playing the dvd.



      <ParentalCountry>  and  <ParentalLevel>  are  used by the DVD to choose

      what you will be allowed to watch.



      <PlayerRegion> should be set to the region the DVD expects to be played

      in.  An  incorrect  region might result in that the disc will refuse to

      play or show a screen telling you that you have the wrong region.  This

      setting  has  nothing  to  do  with  the region setting of your DVD-ROM

      drive.



      <path> is the path to your DVD-ROM drive







        <audio>

          <device>

            <driver>oss</driver>

            <path>/dev/audio</path>

            <alsa>

              <name>default</name>

            </alsa>

          </device>

          <speakers>

            <channel_config>                            <chtype>Left</chtype>

           <chtype>Right</chtype>

            </channel_config>

            <channel_config>                            <chtype>Left</chtype>

           <chtype>Right</chtype>                   <chtype>RearLeft</chtype>

           <chtype>RearRight</chtype>                 <chtype>Center</chtype>

           <chtype>LFE</chtype>

            </channel_config>

          </speakers>

          <liba52>

            <downmix_level>1.5</downmix_level>

            <drc>no</drc>

            <stereo_mode>dolby</stereo_mode>

          </liba52>

          <sync>

            <type>odelay</type>

            <offset>0</offset>

          </sync>

        </audio>



      <driver>

        The audio driver to use, it can be one of 'oss',  'alsa',  'solaris',

      'obsd'.



      <path>

        The path to your audio device.



      <alsa><name>

        The name of the alsa device when using alsa.



      <speakers>

        Here  you  can  define  what  audio channels should be played on your

        audio card.  An empty speakers will try to  get  the  info  from  the

        soundcard, most cards don't support this.

        <channel_config>

            Defines a set of channels (number and types) Several channel_con-

            figs can be used in which case the first matching will be chosen.

            If none matches the last config will be used.

            <chtype>

              Defines the type of the channel. Can be one of:

              Left, Right, Center, LFE, RearLeft, RearRight, RearCenter, 0.

              Where  0  represents  a  channel  that  should  be written just

              silence to.  The order of the chtypes is the order of the chan-

              nels on the soundcard.

            <liba52>

              Contains liba52 specific settings (for ac3 audio)

              <downmix_level>

                  Is used to multiply the samples when downmixing from multi-

                  channel sound to stereo. For a full  5.1  track  the  value

                  should  be somewhere around 1.5 if you want to increase the

                  volume a bit. Be aware that using this setting  can  result

                  in clipping if values larger than 1.0 are used. This has no

                  effect  on  stereo  tracks.  Values  lower  than  1.0  will

                  decrease the volume.

              <drc>

                  This  will  turn  on  dynamic  range  compression if set to

                  'yes'. DRC will lower the volume of loud sounds  and  raise

                  the volume for soft sounds.

              <stereo_mode>

                  This  will decide what stereo mix you will get from a multi

                  channel track if you have a channel config with  just  Left

                  and  Right.  'main'  will just pick the left and right main

                  channels. 'front' will mix  in  the  center  channel  also.

                  'dolby'  will make a dolby surround (stereo) mix of all the

                  channels.

      <sync>

        Various options for synchronization between audio and video.

        <type>

            Can be one of 'odelay', 'clock'.  odelay will be  more  exact  if

            the  sound  driver  supports  it,  if  not it should fall back to

            clock.  clock is just measuring time and  hoping  the  soundcards

            internal clock doesn't drift to much compared to the cpu.

        <offset>

            Is measured in milliseconds and can be from -999 to 999.  This is

            used to change the sync forwards/backwards. A positive value will

            output  audio a later time compared to the video, a negative will

            output audio earlier.

      <video>

        <display>

          <name></name>

          <geometry>

            <width></width>

            <height></height>

          </geometry>

          <resolution>

            <horizontal_pixels></horizontal_pixels>

            <vertical_pixels></vertical_pixels>

          </resolution>

          <geometry_src>X11</geometry_src>

          <resolution_src>Xinerama</resolution_src>

          <switch_resolution>no</switch_resolution>

          <initial_state>

            <fullscreen>no</fullscreen>

          </initial_state>

        </display> </video>



      <geometry_src> tells where to get the geometry from.



      The geometry is the size (in millimeters) of your display.  It  can  be

      set to "X11" or "user" not including the "".  If set to "X11" the geom-

      etry will be delivered by your X-server.  If your X-server isn't set up

      correctly it might deliver the wrong geometry resulting in an incorrect

      aspect (the picture will be stretched in some direction).



      You can set the geometry manually by choosing "user" and filling in the

      <width> and <height> tags in the <geometry> section.



      Example:

       <geometry>

         <width>400</width>

         <height>300</height>

       </geometry>



      this  tells  that  you have a monitor which has a width of 400 mm and a

      hight of 300 mm.



      The resolution is the number of pixels (in x and y direction) your dis-

      play has.



      <resolution_src> tells where to get the resolution from.



      It  can  be  set  to  "X11",  "XF86VidMode",  "Xinerama" or "user", not

      including the "".





      "X11"           the resolution is taken from the X-server,

      "XF86VidMode"   from the XF86VidMode extension (if you change resolution with <ctrl><alt><+/->)

      "Xinerama"      if you use the Xinerama extension

      "user"          if you want to force it manually to a certain resolution.



      When set to "user" you must fill in the correct values in the <horizon-

      tal_pixels> and <vertical_pixels> tags.



      By  using  the  "user" mode of both the <resolution> and <geometry> you

      can change the aspect of the picture and size.  As an example,  if  you

      are  using  a  tv-out  output on your gfx-card to show the picture on a

      widescreen TV the following can be used.  Assuming your  gfx-card  out-

      puts  720x576  pixels to the tv-out when you have set the gfx-card to a

      resolution of 800x600.



       <geometry>

         <width>1600</width>

         <height>900</height>

       </geometry>



      The geometry should be the size of your tv in  millimeters,  the  exact

      size  isn't  that  important,  as  long as the proportions are correct.

      1600/900 == 16/9 == widescreen tv.  For a  normal  tv  you  should  use

      something like 400/300.



       <resolution>

         <horizontal_pixels>720</horizontal_pixels>

         <vertical_pixels>576</vertical_pixels>

       </resolution>



      This  tells  us  to  only  use 720x576 pixels in fullscreen and not the

      entire space available on your monitor/desktop.



      <initial_state> contains information about the state of the video  win-

      dow at start up. If <fullscreen> is set to yes, the video will start in

      fullscreen mode (default is no).



        <user_interface>

          <bookmarks>

            <autosave>yes</autosave>

            <autoload>no</autoload>

          </bookmarks>



      Autosave saves the position where you exit.  Autoload starts the dvd at

      a previously autosaved position if available.



          <digit_timeout>2</digit_timeout> Timeout between digits in a number

      entered.  If you enter '1', '2' and the time between  '1'  and  '2'  is

      more  than  the timeout the final number will be 2, if the time is less

      the number will be 12.



          <number_timeout>5</number_timeout> Timeout between a number entered

      and  the action.  If a number is entered and the time until the associ-

      ated action key is pressed is greater than the timeout the number  will

      not be used (reset).



          <default_skiptime>60</default_skiptime>  The  default time used for

      the SkipForward/Backward actions



          <bindings>

            <!-- Each binding contains an action and one or more keys.

                 The keys are given as X11 keysyms -->

                <b>

                  <action>Play</action>

                  <key>p</key>

                  <key>KP_Enter</key>

                </b>

            </bindings>

        </user_interface>



      Each binding binds a number of keys to an action.  The keys are  normal

      X11 keysyms.  The available actions are the following:





      action           default keys        description

      -----------------------------------------------------------------------

      Play             p                   Starts playback

      PauseToggle      space               Toggles pause on and off

      Stop                                 Stops playback

      Faster           period (.)          Increases the playback speed

      Slower           comma (,)           Decreases the playback speed

      NextPG           greater (>)         Jumps to the next program

      PrevPG           less (<)            Jumps to the previous program

      UpperButton      Up (Arrow up)       Used in navigating the menus

      LowerButton      Down (Arrow down)   Used in navigating the menus

      RightButton      Right (Arrow right) Used in navigating the menus

      LeftButton       Left (Arrow left)   Used in navigating the menus

      ButtonActivate   Return, KP_Enter    Activates the selected button

      TitleMenu        t                   Jumps to the Title Menu

      RootMenu         r                   Jumps to the Root Menu

      AudioMenu        a                   Jumps to the Audio Menu

      AngleMenu        A                   Jumps to the Angle Menu

      PTTMenu          P                   Jumps to the Chapter Menu

      SubtitleMenu     S                   Jumps to the Subtitle Menu

      Resume           c                   Resumes playback

      SubtitleToggle   s                   Toggles the subtitles on/off

      FullScreenToggle f, F                Toggles fullscreen mode on/off

      Quit             q, Q                Quits Ogle

      DigitZero        0,KP_0              0 (used to enter numbers)

      DigitOne         1,KP_1              1

      DigitTwo         2,KP_2              2

      DigitThree       3,KP_3              3

      DigitFour        4,KP_4              4

      DigitFive        5,KP_5              5

      DigitSix         6,KP_6              6

      DigitSeven       7,KP_7              7

      DigitEight       8,KP_8              8

      DigitNine        9,KP_9              9

      BookmarkAdd      Insert              Adds a bookmark

      BookmarkRemove   Del                 Removes a bookmark (nr)

      BookmarkRestore  b                   Restores state from bookmark (nr)

      SkipForward      Next(PageDown)      Skip x seconds forward (nr)

                       KP_Right

      SkipBackward     Prior(PageUp)       Skip x seconds backward (nr)

                       KP_Left



      </ogle_conf>



      The actions above that has (nr) in the description can take an optional

      number as argument.  The number is entered with the digit keys and then

      the key for the action is pressed.  Example:

      To  jump to the 3rd bookmark for the current dvd press '3' and then 'b'

      When you don't give any number to the bookmark actions  they  will  use

      the entry at the end of the bookmark list by default or when an invalid

      number is entered.

      Bookmarks will be saved in files  in  the  directory  $HOME/.ogle/book-

      marks/

      The SkipForward and SkipBackward actions use the number argument as the

      number of seconds to skip. The default value is  10  seconds.  Entering

      '30'  and  then  pressing Next(PageDown) will skip 30 seconds forwards.

      The Skip actions will use the last  value  entered  for  any  following

      skips  even if no number is entered.  To get back to the default value,

      enter 0 and the skip.





      Non configurable keys:

        'i', saves a screen shoot (as screenshoot.jpg in pwd)

        'I', saves a screen shoot with the subpicture overlay intact





      In addition to the above the arrow buttons and mouse  can  be  used  to

      move  around in the DVD menues. Return, the keypad enter and left mouse

      button may be used to activate a DVD button.



      Cropping the picture can be done by pressing the middle mouse button at

      the  upper  left  corner  of the crop area and dragging it to the lower

      right corner and then release the button.  To uncrop press and  release

      the middle mouse button without dragging it around.





FILES

      $HOME/.oglerc

      $HOME/.ogle/bookmarks/

      /usr/local/share/ogle/oglerc

      /usr/local/share/ogle/ogle_conf.dtd



AUTHORS

      Björn Englund <d4bjorn@dtek.chalmers.se>

      Håkan Hjort <d95hjort@dtek.chalmers.se>

      Vilhelm Bergman <d96v@dtek.chalmers.se>

      Martin Norbäck <d95mback@dtek.chalmers.se>



COPYRIGHT

      This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is

      NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR

      PURPOSE.









                                                                    OGLERC(5)

 

Try running make clean to get ride of previous files created by the configuration script, and then run ./configure --disable-alsa again, then try to compile.

[phunni]

Sorry - after your suggestions, I uninstalled the RPMS and tried again from the source.

 

I'll try make clean - seems like a good idea

[phunni]

woo hoo! make clean and then starting from scratch with the configure/compile worked perfectly!

 

Thanks - I now have Ogle running

[Guest SDMF]

Cool