ALC655 Sound problem

[gary]

On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 16:45 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> Hi,
>    I cannot get sound from mplayer, sound in KDE,streaming audio (xmms), 
> Sound card detection works but mplayer is mute with the error:-
> 
> Checking audio filter chain for 22050Hz/2ch/s16le 22050Hz/2ch/s16le...
> AF_pre: 22050Hz/2ch/s16le
> Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
> Audio: no sound
> 
> How do you 'open/initialize' a sound device.
> The chip is an 'RealTek ALC655 (VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97'
> 
>    Thanks   david
> 
   Go to mplayer>preferences>audio - try alsa or oss
                   -- gary