On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 13:52, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:36:34 -0800 > Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:56, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:11:18 -0800 >> > Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:35, Raffaele Morelli >> >> <raffaele.more...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > if you want two or more audio apps to share the same sound device, start >> >> > qjackctl, tell vlc to use jack output module and do the same with other >> >> > apps >> >> > if needed. >> >> > >> >> > In qjackctl connection panel you should see all your alsa compliant apps >> >> > listed as readable clients and the sound device as writeable clients. >> >> > >> >> > Using skype together with other apps is also possible even if it's a >> >> > little >> >> > more tricky, have a look at >> >> > http://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge >> >> > >> >> > I can run skype togeter with other jack/alsa compliant apps, record them >> >> > and/or route audio output between them using Qjackctl. >> >> > >> >> >> >> That sounds excessively complicated. PA will work fine (and >> >> automatically), >> >> it just needs to be setup correctly. I set mine up long ago, and it has >> >> never >> >> given me problems (well, a few times the PA volume got muted and had to >> >> be unmuted, but that is about it). >> > >> > I use just plain alsa, and while I don't use skype, multiple >> > applications can use my sound devices simultaneously. No special >> > configuration; it just works. >> >> Either a sound card with hardware mixing, or you got lucky with >> alsa's dmix. It has been known to work on occasion... > > I don't know what dmix is; it doesn't seem to exist on my system. Sound > hardware is: > > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio > Controller (rev 03) > > I'm pretty sure I had automatic mixing on my previous system, which > also had some sort of Intel sound, although I don't have the info > available here ATM.
I doubt that has hardware mixing. Dmix is part of alsa, you should have it unless you recompiled alsa without it or something. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoWM=_w79wcdjh_mjtkhgedz0z09jgq-dnglkwryd0hfh5...@mail.gmail.com
