Re: Procmailrc to play sound async when message arrives

[tb.nospam@comcast.net]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:53:36AM +0100, Carlos Sousa wrote:
> 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.
> 

A-HA!  That's what I needed.  artsplay/artsd did the trick.

Thx.