On 11 Oct 2002 15:32:08 +0200
Orestes Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Some days ago I reported some problems on the ALSA system I have. After
> some deeper investigations, I can offer more information on them:
>
> 1) Starting multimedia applications: All multimedia players, like xmms,
> xine, realplay, etc. hang during a minute or so when they start, with
> normal behavior from then. However, I discovered it only happens when I
> start them from within KDE2. They start normally when I use WindowMaker
> (I've not tried Gnome). Moreover, after waiting some time, Xine triggers
> the error "Xine engine error: There is no available input plugin to
> handle 'xine-ui version 0.9.8". In WindowMaker Xine works nicely.
> In the other hand, sounds generated directly by KDE (desktop events)
> present no delays.
> I think this is a problem of the KDE sound daemon, but I have not enough
> skills to solve it without help.
I would check in KDE Control Centre -> Sound -> Sound Server:
Autosuspend if idle for x seconds. I think x seconds is the delay
you're getting when a non-artsd aware application tries to access
the soundcard directly. AFAIK you can start a non-artsd aware application
with 'soundwrapper <application_name>' for it to use the artsd daemon.
(This is with KDE 3.0.3 from Mandrake 9.0 ). You can also check which
output plugins are available for an application, including artsd itself.
> 2) Sound volume too low: I've an intel motherboard with a i845 chipset
<snip because I have no idea about that :( >
HTH,
-Frans
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