<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> Hi altogether, I am curious as how to solve a peculiar "problem". I have Big-Ben chimes played out with mplayer every quarter of an hour and put the respective entries in my crontab. Example: 15 * * * * if [ ! -f /tmp/Ruhe ]; then mplayer /media/rosika/f14a27c2-0b49-4607-94ea-2e56bbf76fe1/DATEN-PARTITION/Dokumente/Pausenzeichen/Big_Ben_chimes/Big_Ben_quarter_hour >/tmp/chimes.log 2>&1; fi That works very well. But I run into problems if I have some other noise (sound-file) played out at the same time. As a rule I run this command: mpv --loop=inf /media/rosika/f14a27c2-0b49-4607-94ea-2e56bbf76fe1/DATEN-PARTITION/Musik/sounds_von_anoise/sounds/coffee_shop.ogg from within a terminal. which plays some coffee-shop background noise in a permanent loop. This command in itself works well too. However: when running the mpv-command for background noise (which runs continually) I don´t get the chimes with mplayer any more... ... which is weird as they are played back when issuing the respective command from within a terminal. So, the command mplayer /media/rosika/f14a27c2-0b49-4607-94ea-2e56bbf76fe1/DATEN-PARTITION/Dokumente/Pausenzeichen/Big_Ben_chimes/Big_Ben_quarter_hour works even if "coffee-shop" is running at the same time. But it doesn´t work whenever it´s started by crontab! I took a look at /tmp/chimes.log with "tail -f /tmp/chimes.log" and came up with this info: tail: /tmp/chimes.log: Datei abgeschnitten MPlayer 1.3.0 (Debian), built with gcc-9 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team do_connect: could not connect to socket connect: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Terminal type `unknown' is not defined. Playing /media/rosika/f14a27c2-0b49-4607-94ea-2e56bbf76fe1/DATEN-PARTITION/Dokumente/Pausenzeichen/Big_Ben_chimes/Big_Ben_three_quarters_of_the_hour. libavformat version 58.29.100 (external) Audio only file format detected. Load subtitles in /media/rosika/f14a27c2-0b49-4607-94ea-2e56bbf76fe1/DATEN-PARTITION/Dokumente/Pausenzeichen/Big_Ben_chimes/ ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [mpg123] MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 layers I, II, III AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400) Selected audio codec: [mpg123] afm: mpg123 (MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 layers I, II, III) ========================================================================== AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse' [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1715:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p' failed (-16): Device or resource busy [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:1089:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Device or resource busy Failed to initialize audio driver 'alsa' [AO SDL] Samplerate: 44100Hz Channels: Stereo Format s16le [AO SDL] using aalib audio driver. [AO SDL] Unable to open audio: No available audio device Failed to initialize audio driver 'sdl:aalib' Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. Audio: no sound Video: no video Exiting... (End of file) Does anybody have a clue why that "problem" exists? Many thanks in advance. Greetings from Rosika </body> </html>