On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:43:11 +0200 Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert@xxxxxx> wrote: > Am Fr, den 09.04.2004 schrieb Andre Costa um 18:38: > > On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 16:59:57 +0200 > > Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Agreed, but sometimes this is not an option ;) > > > > > > Yes, but I think this was mentioned in my mail. > > > > Sorry, I might have missed that. > > No Problem. Maybe you should point out the difference between hardware > and software mixing more clearly in your article, for it caused a lot > of confusion on this list I think. So first step should be checking if > your card supports hardware mixing on > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php3?vendor=All#matrix Right, makes sense. I will write a revised version of the article. > > Now that would be cool -- I don't recall it working here, that's why > > I went after the solutions I posted on that HOWTO. AFAICS I have > > OSS-compatibility enabled; how can I check that? Is it simply a > > matter of configuring /etc/modules.conf? Any specific compilation > > flags needed? > > Nope, it's only /etc/modules-thing: I have posted my modules.conf in a > previous mail, the important lines are: > > # OSS/Free portion > alias char-major-14 soundcore > alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 > (alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 # if you have another soundcard) > > Then set up your applications to use OSS (usually default) or alsa, if > supported. E.g I can run xmms with alsa or with oss output selected, > there's no difference (In fact I heard of people who had problems with > bad sound using alsa plugin. Also if you are using the on-screen > display in xmms it will show the volume settings whenever a new song > starts -> very annoying I think, so I chose OSS output.) That's odd... I just tried it here (my /etc/modules.conf have those same lines), and with OSS xmms 'steals' sound device, and gxine is unable to output any sound until xmms is closed. And then, if I run gxine before xmms, it (xmms) refuses to play and complains someone else owns the sound device -- which was precisely the problem that led me to write that article. Any idea what might be the problem? > > I would really love to update that article if I were to make it > > simpler=) > > No, I think it's ok! Your article is exactly how it should be done, my > way is just for lazy one's :-) Thks, hopefully it will come out of this discussion a little bit better ;) Thks for the help. Best, Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
