Re: xmms blocks sound device

From: Andre Costa (acosta_at_ar.microlink.com.br)
Date: 02/26/04

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 16:31:16 -0300

    On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 16:40:51 +0200
    thedogfarted <thedogfarted@inbox.lv> wrote:

    > Hi
    >
    > I installed Fedora Core 1 today and got bad surprise - et failed to
    > start because xmms was blocking the soundcard. My previous os was
    > freeBSD 5.2 and then i was able to play et and listen to xmms
    >
    > pls give me some advice...

    You need sound mixing. Some drivers (like e10k1 for SoundBlaster) offer
    it as standard feature, relaying this task directly to the driver;
    others however need some extra tweaking. This is definitely an area
    where Linux still needs to be more "plug and play", but it's catching
    up, I believe things will improve soon as sound drivers improve (the
    fact that ALSA has been chosen for kernel 2.6.x is also a good sign
    AFAICS). In the meantime, we need to get our hands dirty, but, hey,
    that's the fun part, isn't it?=)

    If you use ALSA drivers, you might configure apps such as xmms, xine and
    others to make use of software sound mixing. I wrote a very basic HOWTO
    describing my experience with this, available on FedoraNEWS.org:

    http://fedoranews.org/contributors/andre_costa/alsa/

    Hopefully it will work for you, too. NOTE: you will only get sound
    mixing for apps that allow sound configuration, see HOWTO for more info.
    My setup here is not 100%, since some apps (like totem) cannot be
    configured to explore ALSA fine-tuning, but I am very happy xmms, xine
    and gaim don't compete for sound device anymore.

    HTH

    Andre 

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