On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 05:32:15AM +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote: > Am Do, den 08.04.2004 schrieb Mike Frisch um 04:52: > > On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 11:44:23PM -0300, Nelson Guedes Paulo Junior wrote: > > > I could configure xmms to play in DSP1, but I figure that it had only > > > two DSP's (0 and 1) to chose from and on windows I'm almost certain that > > > it could play at least 4 simultaneous sounds! Am I wrong???? > > > > I think the 'proper' solution is to use either artsd or esd for > > multiplexing accesses to the soundcard. (I am joining this thread late, > > so I apologize if this has already been mentioned) > > Sorry, but I think are wrong: With alsa there's no need for a > sounddaemon like arts or esd. Softwaremixing needs additional hardware > resources (CPU and Mem), so I prefer hardware mixing. > > And (sorry:-)) I think Chadley is wrong, too. If alsa is set up with > oss-emulation layer it is completely transparent, you can play multiple > sounds at once without changing to another dsp device. I've tried, but it doesn't work.... :-((( > __BUT_(of course): Your soundcard needs to support hardware mixing. See > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php3?vendor=All#matrix > if your card is marked with a "4" in the "Notes" column. I though my sound card supported, but I figure I was wrong. From the above link I haven't found a "4" in the "Notes" column for my soundblaster... :-( > So I'd like to ask Nelson to post the relevant parts of his > /etc/modules.conf. These are mine: Here they are: # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371 # Sound Levels for ALSA post-install snd-card-0 /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove snd-card-0 /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : # module options should go here # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore # card #1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-slot-0 es1371 post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : > Hope this might be helpful. > (If your card is does not support hardwaremixing forget about this mail > and use esd or arts :-) I'll try.... :-) Thanks... []'s -- Nelson Guedes Paulo Junior E-mail: <npaulo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> UIN: 2489382 (Tender [:alpha:]*) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eu cavo, tu cavas, ele cava, nós cavamos, vós cavais, eles cavam... Não é bonito, mas é profundo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A estatística é uma maneira de se torturar os números até que eles confessem!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
