On Thu Jul 10 15:44 -0400, David Walser wrote: > Levi Ramsey wrote: > > > On Thu Jul 10 11:35 -0400, David Walser wrote: > >> Levi Ramsey wrote: > >> > On Thu Jul 10 13:40 +0200, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > >> >> We don't use soundwrapper for cpu-intensive applications because > >> >> it has an important cpu overhead. > >> >> > >> >> Moreover, FB uses SDL and SDL can use (theoretically) arts. > >> > > >> > O if every app would just use ao... ;o) > >> > >> I agree, that would be nice. Unfortunately that means they'd all be crashing > >> right now in some circumstances (aRts has the device open). Correct? > > > > No, ao (you can check my xmmsao output plugin for a demo of this) tries > > (by default, this can be configured in /etc/ao.conf, IIRC) to open ALSA, > > if that fails, then it tries OSS, and if that fails, then it tries > > ESD or aRts. > > Looking at the code, the order it tries them depends on the directory entry for the > plugins directory.
Interesting... the documentation indicates a hierarchy of preferred output devices... -- Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take due notice and govern yourselves accordingly. Currently playing: Apocalyptica - Reflections - Cortege Linux 2.4.21-0.15mdk 16:43:00 up 7:07, 7 users, load average: 0.05, 0.11, 0.13
