On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Fabrice FACORAT wrote:
> Le Vendredi 7 Septembre 2001 10:51, Gr�goire Colbert scribit :
> > I can read multiple files, like several MP3s, at the same time. I'm
> > using for example the libOSS driver in XMMS and ogg123 in a console, and
> > can hear the two files together. I don't know what you want more.
>
> Your driver support full duplex, lucky are you. The same for me ( SBLive ).
> the problem is to find a way to compensate the lack of full duplex when your
> drivers doen't support it. it's really a pain.
> Several people when they use linux first time with and old sound card without
> full duplex support are a little bit disappointed. Most of the time they hear
> mp3 with xmms and use licq, and unless they stop xmms, they can't hear licq
> notifications. I manage to convince one to buy a Creative SBLive, but I'm not
> going to do that everytime.
> It will be interesting if we could find a workaround. I will have a look at
> it. I really hope that there is a solution, or that we can have multiplex
> everything thanks to a soft.
This has nothing at all to do with full-duplex vs. half-duplex. It used to
be that only one program could access the sound device at a time, but with
the advent of the sound daemons (most notably artsd), you can hear more
than one program playing sound at the same time.
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Sincerely,
David Walluck
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