On Wednesday 01 August 2018 18:21:28 deloptes wrote:

> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Traceing thru the linkage from /usr/bin/mplayer, a link that points
> > back to /etc/alternatives/mplayer, which itself is a link
> > to /usr/bin/mplayer1 which does not exist.
> >
> > Can this be fixed? That does seem to be the real problem, and its
> > not something I can recall piddling with.
>
> you can use update-alternatives, but perhaps better remove the link -
> I don't have it in stretch
>
> you can try ffplay to test audio it will also install the codecs
> required.
>
> regards
>
alsa's speaker-test works fine, and ffplay isn't findable in what wheezy 
repo's remain online.

I did find something that resembles a .conf update gone screwy, fixed 
that and now Noatun works, and with its equalizer working 24/7, mp3's 
sound a little better. So this problem is solved for the time being.

Thanks for the hand holding, deloptes, its appreciated.
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