Nicolas DEVERGE wrote: > > Hi, > I have a similar problem. > Do you use the oss emulation or alsa drivers when you are using mpg123 ? > If you use alsa, it will open your device (ie your soundcard) and it will not > allow other application to use it simultaneously.
That is only true if your cards driver does not support multi open. There are a few cards like the trident that do. > Arts or esound, which works with oss emulation, allows multiple opens on a > same device, maybe it will help you. > Nico > > Le Mercredi 28 Novembre 2001 09:01, Chris Jensen a écrit : > > Hi, > > I usually use mpg123 to play some music while I'm using my computer, but I > > find that sometimes when another application plays a short sound, there's > > then a really annoying buzz/ring sound. If I pause playback the sound goes > > away and then I can play again and it's fine - until another sound occurs. > > The main offender seems to be WebDownloader. mpg123 is using OSS output and > > I'm pretty sure downloader is too. I'm running kde-2.2.1 and have arstd > > running. > > My version of alsa is 0.9.0beta8a and I'm using a sound blaster live > > platinum. I also find that I often get a similar ring when watching some > > documentries and other features on DVD's on another computer. > > Any suggestions on how to prevent this would be appreciated. > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. Http://www.boosthardware.com - For the discerning hardware connoisseur. http://www.boosthardware.com/LAU/Linux_Audio_Users_Guide/ ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
