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ALSA Error in Audacious 3.2.4

Added by Gary Walker about 10 years ago

Sound plays fine but I get this error every time I start Audacious.

ALSA error:
No suitable mixer element found.
snd_mixer_find_selem failed

Sound also works fine in the xmms2. I'm not sure what other info you need so just let me know if I need to post anything additional.


Replies (4)

RE: ALSA Error in Audacious 3.2.4 - Added by Gary Walker about 10 years ago

In case it's relevant I'm using Xfce4 4.8 on Debian wheezy.

RE: ALSA Error in Audacious 3.2.4 - Added by John Lindgren about 10 years ago

Go into the ALSA Output Settings window and check what devices Audacious is using.

Settings which should work on most systems are:

PCM device: "default"
Mixer device: "default"
Mixer element: "Master" or "PCM"

See if those settings work for you. It's also possible that the mixer element list will be empty, which means you have a problem with your ALSA driver or configuration.

RE: ALSA Error in Audacious 3.2.4 - Added by Gary Walker about 10 years ago

John Lindgren:

I changed the Mixer device off of default and now I don't get the error and I still get music. Thank you for your help!

RE: ALSA Error in Audacious 3.2.4 - Added by John Lindgren about 10 years ago

Gary Walker wrote:

I changed the Mixer device off of default and now I don't get the error and I still get music. Thank you for your help!

Hmm, "default" is generally the one you want, but whatever works ...

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