-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 20 November 2002 20:21, you wrote:
> So my alsa-newb question is: does ALSA allow more than one program to open > and write to sound devices? I assume ALSA would transparently > software/hardware mix the sound? If yes, (I sure hope the answer is yes!) > then the following is good news and the issue may be solved forever. > If no, ... rats. Java still will not be able to play sounds under Linux. > Requiring arts/esd die/suspend will not happen and people will just assume > it doesn't work. Words can't express how disappointing that would be. I'm not sure myself. While skimming through documentation to resolv some probs I had with my soundcard, I read something that sounded like more than one app being able to access the sound device. Never tried it though. There might be a workaround that works for you. Try starting your application with artsdsp. artsdsp java ... your.main.Class artsdsp is a wrapper that somehow emulates a free sound device for the apps started with it. The sound then goes through arts. I'm sure it will introduce a hell of a lot latency but if that's no problem maybe starting your app with a shell script that does use artsdsp helps your users to have sound in KDE. I think there is something similar for esd, I'm not sure though. CU, Richard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE92+R/WQvEMJfcXlQRApELAJsGFj0sdCoMy5KYYNHR+QhX5TRfSQCfRSbr cgiQx8Gyoro0AH6F2qhL4jk= =/luv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Battle your brains against the best in the Thawte Crypto Challenge. Be the first to crack the code - register now: http://www.gothawte.com/rd521.html _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
