Re: sound and video question.

From: newsscumb (newsscumb_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/26/03 

Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:20:37 -0800

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 23:19:05 -0800, tru178 wrote:

> why does sound and video in linux cannot be played at the same time? i
> cannot have 2 application playing video or sound at once. is this
> normal for linux? happens in rh8 and now fedora too.

This is normal. One process per sound device.

PS: If I remember correctly Windows does this also. 

--
Ben

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