[linux-audio-dev] libao?

[Juhana Sadeharju]

Hello. I noticed libao is required by mpg321 and vorbis.
About half of the time I start mpg321 I get the following:

  unix_connect: can't connect to server
  (unix:/tmp/mcop-juhana/localhost_localdomain-06be-400786ed)
  Can't find a suitable libao driver. (Is device in use?)

Very annoying. Why libao fails? Why it is needed? Any alternatives?

Regards,
Juhana