Hi,

I'm missing aplay utility for playing files to alsa devices. I've tried with apt-get and installed plain alsa instead of knx-alsa and it ceased to work.

So now I'm more cautious. I'd just like to add aplay in safe way.

Any ideas, advice, ?

Thanks in advance,

Robert.

The usual way is:

apt-get update
apt-get install aplay

It will even ask about anything it thinks needs to be added, replaced or updated before doing it...

Hi,

I think I've done that - but aplay is part of alsa-utils package and if I install that it overwrites knx-alsa package - and last time my knoppmyth sound ceased to work when I did that...

That's why I'm trying to be catious this time

Regards,

Robert.

I too would like to know how to do this.

I'm having trouble getting sound out of mythtv, but all the suggestions I've found - even on this site- mention using aplay which isn't installed in KnoppMyth r4v3.

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Could someone at least confirm or deny whether tjc's suggestion would be safe for a novice to do, or if there is anything else I would need to know so that it doesn't overwrite anything required by MythTV.

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Unless I'm mistaken, aplay is in alsa-utils. You could also apt-cache search aplay. apt-get update, apt-get install alsa-utils. As I was...looks like it is in alsaplayer...

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Hi,

alsaplayer is different app from aplay. I've tried to install alsa-utils (where aplay is included) but won't install cause "alsamixer is from another package - knx-alsa".

I removed all alsa packages and tried to reinstall knx-alsa - but it says that there is no install candidate for this package - what is knx-alsa anyway ? It doesn't appear as proper package at all...

Now I've installed normal alsa packages - but last time I did this, my sound didn't work - I hope it will be different this time.

Anyone using normal Alsa packages flawlessly ?

Regards,

Robert.