[gentoo-user] Problems when more than one application uses sound

[gentoo-user] Problems when more than one application uses sound

[Felipe Ribeiro]

Hi,

I'm using alsa, and i can't use the sound simultaneously by more than
one application, for example, when i'm seeing flash animations on
firefox, xmms can't output sound. How can i solve this?

Cheers,
Felipe

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems when more than one application uses sound

[Jure Varlec]

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On Sunday 28 May 2006 17:57, Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using alsa, and i can't use the sound simultaneously by more than
> one application, for example, when i'm seeing flash animations on
> firefox, xmms can't output sound. How can i solve this?
>
> Cheers,
> Felipe

ALSA supports software mixing, but you have to create a proper asoundrc config 
file to activate the dmix plugin. See 
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_Complete_(includes_dmix)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems when more than one application uses sound

[Richard Fish]

On 5/28/06, Jure Varlec <exzombie@exzombie.homeip.net> wrote:
> ALSA supports software mixing, but you have to create a proper asoundrc config
> file to activate the dmix plugin. See
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_Complete_(includes_dmix)

Actually current versions (since 1.0.10, I think) of alsa activate the
dmix plugin by default.  No .asoundrc necessary.

In fact, Felipe, if you have a ~/.asoundrc file, you may find that
alsa works better without it.

-Richard

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