Bug#86837: realplayer: realplayer locks up when xmms is playing (probably other audio software too)
Does it occur even if you use ?Native sound drivers? in RealPlayer?
/Petter
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<matthewa@Physics.usyd.edu.au> skrev 2/21/01, kl. 10:26:01 AM angående
ämnet Bug#86837: realplayer: realplayer locks up when xmms is playing
(probably other audio software too):
> Package: realplayer
> Version: 8.0
> Severity: wishlist
> hi
> an easy mistake to make with realplayer is to have another
> program using the audio device. realplayer responds to this
> by freezing. in my case it happens when i have xmms in play
> or in pause mode. i then try to watch something in realplayer,
> and it takes me a while to realise that xmms is clashing
> with it. i am using ALSA for my sound, without esd (i found
> esd made the music skip more). an even more naive user than
> me (i've been using linux for years) mightn't realise that
> there was a clash, and think realplayer was broken, as i did
> until i realised it was waiting for the audio device.
> of course the proper fix is to get realplayer to behave more
> sensibly when it can't open the audio device; or to create
> a new audio/video streaming format that's open source and
> have it become the dominant format. ;)
> but meanwhile i added the following line to /usr/bin/X11/realplayer
> /usr/bin/xmms --stop
> which helps me stay sane for the next time i gut this bug
> and forget what causes it.
> perhaps somehting more general could be done, e.g. a warning
> to users when running realplayer if they don't have esd
> installed or something...
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Kernel Version: Linux focus.physics.usyd.edu.au 2.2.17 #1 Thu Aug 17
23:13:16 EST 2000 i686 unknown
> Versions of the packages realplayer depends on:
> ii cpio 2.4.2-32 GNU cpio -- a program to manage
archives of
> ii debconf 0.3.65 Debian configuration management system
> ii libc6 2.2.1-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and
Timezone
> ii xlib6g 4.0.2-1 pseudopackage providing X libraries
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