On Tuesday 15 April 2003 23:41, R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Oh, and since I don't need arts anyway (my sound card supports
> > multiple parallel sound inputs), I hardly see the point.
>
> Can you explain that to a newbie? :P
Well, arts is a sound server. That means there can be multiple
clients, all sending audio data to the server. The server mixes these
multiple sound streams and plays them over your sound card.
For example, you can listen to music using Noatun but still hear
system sounds. If your sound card doesn't support multiple parallel
sound inputs (there's probably a more scientific term), you need arts
for this to work.
My sound card, though, can play multiple sounds all by it self. So,
even if I use standard Linux sound drivers without any extras, I can
hear multiple sounds at the same time. So, basically, arts is just an
additional layer I don't need.
I hope that explains it...
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