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How to check if MPD failed to open ALSA output?
Check the MPD log to see if you have this error: tail -f /var/log/mpd/mpd.log alsa_output: Failed to open “Output” [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA device “hw:0,0”: Device or resource busy If you have the above error, its best to comment out the device parameter in mpd.conf Edit mpd.conf edit as follows, comment out the device “hw:0,0”
What is ALSA ” device or resource is busy “?
Same picture with mplayer. Not using .asoundrc file. No JACK, Pulse or anything – pure alsa. So far it’s narrowing down to alsa “Device or resource busy” issue, but i can’t figure out what is it busy with There’s no other apps using alsa at the time of testing.
Do you need ALSA device to play PulseAudio?
By now most Linux systems run Pulseaudio by default and Pd seems to be the only application not to work with Pulseaudio, but requiring an alsa device for itself. In order to play Pd together with other apps, everything must be routed through Jack. Pulseaudio can be routed through Jack too.
Do you need to bind to ALSA device?
Which, as far as I understand, is not really required if you have configured ALSA to set the USB DAC as the default playback device. Binding to a device at application level, to my knowledge, will not allow anything else to playback to it.
What does failed to open ALSA device mean?
Even if can Start and shut down the raspi. But if I want to play music I became the info “Failed to open ALSA device “hw:2,0: No such file or directory” – no sound, except through the headphone jack of the raspi. I deinstalled the remotPi but the issue is persistent.
When does MPD have a little heart attack?
Sometimes MPD has a little heart attack and cannot playback if you are using multiple players. Check the MPD log to see if you have this error: tail -f /var/log/mpd/mpd.log alsa_output: Failed to open “Output” [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA device “hw:0,0”: Device or resource busy
How to solve MPD failed to open audio output?
In my case a reboot as opossed to reinstall, after modifying the asound, was all that was required. Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.