Howdy, On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 00:13, Wolfgang wrote: > > Any ideas on how to have two (or more) applications be able to play > > sounds at the same time? When I have XMMS playing Internet radio, I > > can't get system sounds, effects in Frozen Bubble or UT/Q3A, etc. I've > > tried other variations also .. all with no success. Another example > > I've seen is my 'new mail' sound has rung out just as I'm starting to > > play Chromium, and Chromium didn't have any sound. I quit it, started > > it again, and it was there. > > > > What sound daemon should I be using, esound, OSS, ALSA .. and how do I > > set these up? And links to web pages to help? > What Sound card are you using??? > > I have a Creative Audigy, and it works fine for me. I hear all the > system sounds, even when I play UT2K4-Demo etc. It may be, that the > sound card is limited in the number of simultaneous sounds it can > produce (or it's an old 16Bit card). The Audigy can play 32 sounds at > once. Running the onboard sound from an ASUS nForce2 mobo. Very very nice sound on the XP side of the fence ... so I doubt that's the specific issue. I have managed to get *some* of it working .. I've configured XMMS to use esd and now it's playing nice. Well, mostly .. if I run XMMS and play Frozen Bubble, then it's all good .. if I run XMMS and play UT (not UT2004 mind), then it's back to a silent game. .mwl
