hello guys my mplayer does not output sound!

No matter what file i play be it a avi, or the flv. when i try to toggle the sound buttons on top of the n800 it just doesnt respond.

When i try to play an avi file via xterm it says could not open/initialize audio device- no sound

I have uninstalled and reinstalled and also did a total os reinstall still acts the same.

Please some one help

after the os-reinstall you rrstored your backup, right?

I think, you have a misconfiguration in the mplayer configs. Just rename or delete the directory /home/user/.mplayer

here is the xterm output on trying to play a internet radio station:

$ mplayer http://205.188.215.230:8024

MPlayer 1.0rc1-maemo.25.n8x0 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team

CPU: ARM

Internet Tablet OS version: RX-34+RX-44_2008SE_2.2007.51 -3_PR_MR0

[MENU] Can't open menu config file: /home/user/.mplayer/ menu.conf

Menu inited: /etc/mplayer/menu.conf


Playing http://205.188.215.230:8024.

Connecting to server 205.188.215.230[205.188.215.230]: 8 024...

Name : Radio NRI - Bollywood & Beyond for the new glob al desi!

Genre : Indian Hindi Tamil Telugu World

Website: http://www.radionri.com

Public : yes

Bitrate: 128kbit/s

Cache size set to 300 KBytes

Cache fill: 5.33% (16384 bytes)

ICY Info: StreamTitle='Shankardada Zindabad - Aakaleshth e

';StreamUrl='http://www.radionri.com';

Cache fill: 18.67% (57344 bytes)

Audio file file format detected.

================================================== ====== ==================

Trying to force audio codec driver family dspmp3...

Opening audio decoder: [dspmp3] MP3 audio pass-through f or Nokia 770/N800 (fake decoder)

ADecoder preinit failed

ADecoder init failed

Trying to force audio codec driver family libmad...

Opening audio decoder: [libmad] libmad mpeg audio decode r

AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 1 6000->176400)

Selected audio codec: [mad] afm: libmad (libMAD MPEG lay er 1-2-3)

================================================== ====== ==================

alsa-lib: pcm.c:2144snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM bluetooth

alsa-init: playback open error: No such file or director y

Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.

Audio: no sound

Video: no video



Exiting... (End of file)

What is the command to delete the directory?
do you need to be root?
thanks

it seems, that you have a wrong sound config in your .mplayer/config
rename the config file:
- open xterm
- type "cd /home/user/.mplayer"
- type "mv config config.old"
and then try it again.