On Tuesday 27 February 2007 06:54, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 27 February 2007 00:14, Jesús Guerrero wrote: > > El Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:53:54 +0100 > > > > Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > Mick writes: > > > > How am I supposed to specify sox? /usr/bin/sox doesn't play any > > > > sound. > > > > > > Have a look at this "Do I really need aRts?" thread, in the middle it > > > says: > > > > > > "now, copy this script into /usr/bin/Ksplay: > > > > > > #! /bin/sh > > > sox "$@" -v 1.0 -q -t alsa default & > > > > > > emerge sox to get an external sound player for > > > kdm events. Go into the control center, click > > > system notifications and click "player settings" > > > near the bottom. Click "use external player" > > > and then type /usr/bin/Ksplay. > > > " > > > > > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-526080-highlight-arts.html > > > > > > Alex > > > > Alternatively you can just use the script "/usr/bin/play", included in > > the sox package. > > Cool! I seem to have missed this in man sox. It plays system sounds now > nicely.
Blast! I spoke too soon. It /usr/bin/play plays system sounds fine, by alsa will not mix them if e.g. amarok is playing in the background. It's either one or the other. Do I need to rebuild kdelibs without arts for it to work? This should really be simpler. -- Regards, Mick
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