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

[Jay Loden]

Joh6nn and I spent last night working on his Linux install, including working 
on this sound problem, and we were able to get sound mixing working with both 
artsd and ESD, but when using artsd, it had a huge buffer, meaning the gaim 
sounds would take like ten seconds or more to play while xmms was playing. 
Messing with the sound buffer or realtime priority, etc, seemed to have no 
effect.

With ESD, the sound mixes properly, however. (it's KDE)

-Jay


On Tuesday 11 January 2005 2:06, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> > -----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
>
>
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