Am 19.10.2010 06:14, schrieb Dmitry S. Makovey: [...] > > What I have: > Gentoo + KDE-4.4.5 + pulseaudio-0.9.21.1 > > How I use it: > In KDE I've got Xine backend setup for playback (if I use gstreamer I > get higher frequency of problems popping up, see below). > > Problems I see: > Whenever any app tries to use KDE sound notification system I have a > good chance of sound becoming garbled in Amarok (while listening to the > music), heck even non-KDE apps like Skype would work fine until > something else decides to use sound device (like gnash/lighspark, etc.). > Chances of getting garbled sound are 50/50 - it's never a guarantee: > sometimes it works - sometimes it "crashes". To get sound back I have to > restart app (Skype, Firefox, Amarok, etc.). > [...]
For me, this sounds like a mixing problem. Maybe the problem is a bit obfuscated because some applications use alsa directly, other use phonon and yet others use pulseaudio. I cannot give you very clear directions but this should get you going: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Hardware_mixing,_software_mixing Hope this helps, Florian Philipp
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