F8 sound problems

[Amadeus W.M.]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:41:17 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:05:25 +0000 (UTC) "Amadeus W.M."
> <amadeus84 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> I have a problem that may be related to yours. When I play any video
>> with mplayer and I use / or * to change the volume I get this error
>> message:
>> 
>> [AO_ALSA] Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0.
> 
> Load gmplayer.
> 
> Right-click
> 
> Preferences
> 
> Audio
> 
> Select "pulse PulseAudio audio output" from the list of "Available
> drivers"
> 
> Click OK.
> 
> Problem solved.
> 
> --
> MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

Thanks! I was hoping that would affect mplayer too, but no. I had to 
either

mplayer -ao pulse file.avi

or put 

ao=pulse

in ~/.mplayer/config.

Now I can adjust the volume in mplayer.