sound in omxplayer

[dca00]

this is rather a question than an issue. I have a board on which only omxplayer plays sound. no other application does. neither system sounds, not from vlc or anything else that I tried. alsa bat passes all tests, speaker test looks like it is playing, but no sound comes out. yet, omxplayer with the option local plays perfectly. I am trying to figure out what is missing outside of omxplayer to hear instant messenger receive messages. any clues? thx!

[popcornmix]

omxplayer doesn't use alsa for audio (it uses openmax). Almost everything else does use alsa.

[dca00]

I thought so. You, gentlemen, have done an amazing job, and that my pidgin makes sounds when I get IMs is only thanks to your work. This proves that world does not need humongous trojans that Pulsaudio is or poorly-documented crutches that ALSA is. Kudos to your team!