Am Do, den 08.04.2004 schrieb Nelson Guedes Paulo Junior um 06:21: > On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 05:32:15AM +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote: > > > > > > 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... :-( > No chance... :-( I used to have a Soundblaster 4.1 (ens1371 chipset) and thought it was supported but you'll need at least a SB Live or something with a emu101k chip. So you'll need to use software mixing, I think there already were some helpful hints on that here. In addition to that you'll have to tell the applications to use arts/esd. XMMS: Options -> Output plugin -> eSound Output plugin/aRts Output The same can be done with realplayer/helixplayer, gaim and many more. Christoph
