Re: Procmailrc to play sound async when message arrives
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 01:16:51 -0700 tb.nospam@comcast.net wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:06:49AM +0100, Carlos Sousa wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:45:42 -0700 tb.nospam@comcast.net wrote:
> > >
> > > if I fork bplay several times, it doesn't "mix" the sounds: they
> > > still play out synchronously, even though the caller isn't blocked.
> > >
> > > Is there a sound utility that will play a WAV file in an "overlapped
> > > way" -- so that I can get my "rapid fire clicking effect". I know alsa
> > > can do this: I play XMMS and Festival and MPlayer all simultaneously.
> > > How can I do that from the command line with a WAV?
> >
> > The command 'play' (sox) does exactly that on my system.
>
> play seems to block until sound is fully played for me; identically to
> bplay. Specifically:
>
> play file.wav &
> play file.wav &
> play file.wav &
>
> Control returns immediately; but files play sequentially not
> simultaneously.
Not here. Perhaps it's an issue with the sound daemon running on your
system, then. I'm running artsd.
--
Carlos Sousa
http://vbc.dyndns.org/
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