Re: sound issues
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:36:34 -0800
Kelly Clowers <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:56, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:11:18 -0800
> > Kelly Clowers <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:35, Raffaele Morelli
> >> <raffaele.morelli@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > if you want two or more audio apps to share the same sound device, start
> >> > qjackctl, tell vlc to use jack output module and do the same with other apps
> >> > if needed.
> >> >
> >> > In qjackctl connection panel you should see all your alsa compliant apps
> >> > listed as readable clients and the sound device as writeable clients.
> >> >
> >> > Using skype together with other apps is also possible even if it's a little
> >> > more tricky, have a look at
> >> > http://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge
> >> >
> >> > I can run skype togeter with other jack/alsa compliant apps, record them
> >> > and/or route audio output between them using Qjackctl.
> >> >
> >>
> >> That sounds excessively complicated. PA will work fine (and automatically),
> >> it just needs to be setup correctly. I set mine up long ago, and it has never
> >> given me problems (well, a few times the PA volume got muted and had to
> >> be unmuted, but that is about it).
> >
> > I use just plain alsa, and while I don't use skype, multiple
> > applications can use my sound devices simultaneously. No special
> > configuration; it just works.
>
> Either a sound card with hardware mixing, or you got lucky with
> alsa's dmix. It has been known to work on occasion...
I don't know what dmix is; it doesn't seem to exist on my system. Sound
hardware is:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
I'm pretty sure I had automatic mixing on my previous system, which
also had some sort of Intel sound, although I don't have the info
available here ATM.
Celejar
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