Re: Two programs or more using the sound system
Ibrahim Mubarak <ibmub80@yahoo.com> writes:
> Yea, when I have xmms running, nothing else can output any sound at
> all. I disabled arts because of this. I need my mp3s ;) Is there a way
> to have two or more programs sharing the sound system? ie hearing the
> sound or a movie on mplayer and system notifications? Or xmms and a
> flash movie in Mozilla? Or am I shooting for the moon here? OSS
> drivers or ALSA: does it matter? I have both installed for my sound
> card. So I can use either.
ALSA can do it, even if your hardware doesn't support it. Check out the
alsa docs:
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/asoundrc.php?company=Generic&card=Generic&chip=Generic&module=Generic
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