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This is where I duscuss things with myself. You can email me at my callsign + arrl.net if you wish.

The article is really a mess at this point, because Raspbian has so many issues hanging fire (waiting to get into the distro update channels).

Ubuntu really seems to be in much better shape than Debian (parent of Raspbian) as far as this stuff goes. Yoikes! Just observing. Know it's apples and oranges in many ways.

=== Early Observations ===
The stock /etc/asound.conf file looks like:
<pre>
pcm.mmap0 {
    type mmap_emul;
    slave {
      pcm "hw:0,0";
    }
}

pcm.!default {
  type plug;
  slave {
    pcm mmap0;
  }
}
</pre>
... the problem here appears to be that a 'plug' channel (?) is assigned by default, however, [[jack]] is not installed. Bummer! Causes many of the players to fail.

Note:
* ''mpg123'' works. But only as root.
* ''gst123 -a alsa 2>/dev/null <filename>'' works (it is searching for jack first and outputs complaints on stderr)
** On use w/o root:
          Error: The autoaudiosink element is not working.
          => file cannot be played and will be removed from playlist
Related to this gconf issue? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/442157 - the thread shows Ubuntu-ers ruminating over config issues for several relevant packages. This appears to map to debian/raspbian issues.

Note: Readers wishing to comment can mail me at my callsign + arrl.net

* The above just led to lockups (worse than w/ Dreamplug)