Re: KDE media players

["R. Rodriguez" <djrafa@telepolis.com>]

Oh i see... well, then i think i can use just ALSA with my sb live 5.1.... i 
hope this one is capable of playing several parallel streams!

Regards,

Rafael Rodriguez


El Miércoles, 16 de Abril de 2003 04:59, Magnus von Koeller escribió:
> 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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