Oh i see... well, then i think i can use just ALSA with my sb live 5.1.... i hope this one is capable of playing several parallel streams!
Regards, Rafael Rodriguez El Mi�rcoles, 16 de Abril de 2003 04:59, Magnus von Koeller escribi�: > On Tuesday 15 April 2003 23:41, R. Rodriguez wrote: > > > Oh, and since I don't need arts anyway (my sound card supports > > > multiple parallel sound inputs), I hardly see the point. > > > > Can you explain that to a newbie? :P > > Well, arts is a sound server. That means there can be multiple > clients, all sending audio data to the server. The server mixes these > multiple sound streams and plays them over your sound card. > > For example, you can listen to music using Noatun but still hear > system sounds. If your sound card doesn't support multiple parallel > sound inputs (there's probably a more scientific term), you need arts > for this to work. > > My sound card, though, can play multiple sounds all by it self. So, > even if I use standard Linux sound drivers without any extras, I can > hear multiple sounds at the same time. So, basically, arts is just an > additional layer I don't need. > > I hope that explains it... -- "Adem�s de mantener el sistema inform�tico en funcionamiento, la tarea fundamental de cualquier administrador de sistemas es guardar copias de seguridad para poder restaurarlas ante el acontecimiento de un desastre natural (acto de Dios) o un fallo del sistema (acto de Redmond)." William von Hagen
