[ale] can't get software sound mixing to work

[Michael Hirsch]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
joh6nn
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 8:00 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] can't get software sound mixing to work
> 
> hi guys, long time listener, first time caller
> 
> i'm real new to linux (real new), and i'm trying to get all settled
> into a new mandrake install that my friend helped me get set up, but i
> can't get multiple apps to share the sound card; as it stounds, if i'm
> listening to music with xmms, all other system sounds (eg, from gaim),
> get queued up, and play all at once whenever xmms stops.

Are you using KDE (Mandrake default) or GNOME?  KDE uses a sound daemon
named artsd and I'm not sure I GNOME uses that too, or if GNOME still
uses esd.  Artsd is way better.

If you are using artsd, make sure that you are using the artsd output
plugin to XMMS.  Artsd lets multiple clients connect and will mix the
output for you.

> i found this page here:
>
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?s=e52d0e476651701a47d55c9ee0
8a
> 91a8&t=18522
> 
> but i tried that, and it doesn't seem to have worked.
>
ALSA does have a similar feature, I believe, but you would be better off
using artsd instead.

Michael