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Re: Sharing sound between users




On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Paul Johnson wrote:

> glenn <gdavy@tpg.com.au> writes:
>
> > If someone logs into gnome -they own the esd and no one else can get in
> > and use sound, even after they log out, unless someone manually kills
> > esd deamon. If there are two X sessions running - only one can access
> > sound - Sound seems easier in kernel 2.6 so I'm hoping I can finally
> > solve this problem - any help... please?
>
> Get a sound card that allows more than one stream to play at the same
> time.  Yours does not.  I don't know what cards do other than mine
> does.  It's a Creative SoundBlaster Live! 128.
I have alwasys wanted this feature as well. Is it possible to achive this
with a better sound card? In windows my soundcard can play several
simultanius streams but not in linux with oss/alsa. As I understad this I
would with a better soundcard? Is this correct?
Kenneth.

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