On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 19:30, lorne wrote: > ...> > > APPLICATION LEVEL : play, esdplay, sox, &c. > > SOUND DAEMON LEVEL (*d): esd, artsd, nsd -- optional but very nice. > > DRIVER LEVEL (modules): OSS or ALSA, /dev/sound/ entries > > HARDWARE LEVEL (cards): whatever-sound-chip-you've-got > > > > basically, some sound-related applications try to access the driver > > level directly, which the daemon typically blocks them from doing. > > soundwrapper is a script that intercepts that access and reformats it to > > go through the daemon. You can test it from a terminal by typing > > soundwrapper audacity, and if it works you can change your menu shortcut > > with menudrake (run as root). > > > Yep! You are genius! Thanks so much. Now let me ask why I need to do this... > Is this because of a bug or the way the application was designed, or is it > like a gnome product that I'm trying to use in KDE?
Glad I could help -- the reason why is one of those Linux things. Everything is an evolutionary battle between several ways to do things, and while it may eventually lead to one killer app like ssh, in the meantime the cooperation takes some effort. > > Thanks to EVERYONE for all the help. I do believe I finally have an editor to > cut the screech out of my songs. :) I"m not a happy camper and I didn't even > have to stoop to using mickeysoft stuff! WOO HOO!!! > ... > -- > Jack Coates > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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