On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:08:02 +1100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm using ALSA and the only issue is if an application is using Sound
> device (/dev/dsp) and another
> application is trying to use it, it says "/dev/dsp" is already in use.
>
> What can I do it share the sound device??
this is a problem I've struggled with for a long while. Basically, you can set
up alsa to share the sound device by doing its own software mixing. If you
google alsa and dmix you might get something, but I find it all really
confusing. I basically copied someone else's post to put in my ~/.asoundrc
file. I really don't know what this does, but it seems to work. ymmv.
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixer"
}
pcm.dsp0 {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixer"
}
pcm.dmixer {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
slave {
pcm "hw:0,0"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 8192
#periods 128
rate 44100
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
}
}
ctl.mixer0 {
type hw
card 0
}
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