> > 2009/10/13 cyberGn0m <cy6erg...@gmail.com> > >> Anybody tested java sound on linux? As I know, java uses ALSA on Linux to >> play audio.. so, i have a problem with it: when java plays sound, other >> applications can't play anything. When other applications plays sound, java >> can't. As i know, mplayer can play sound via ALSA and i can open many >> players and all of them will plays as expected... >> > > Yepp, I have this problem too and this is very annoying. I found this bug : http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6832063 but I was asking me recently whether or not the fix is really in progress. This issue has made us (people working on the XtremeMP media player) think on a fallback audio backend based on gstreamer-java for people running under linux
If you rather use OpenJDK instead of Sun's, then you can use pulseaudio for > playback. Actually pulseaudio is default audio output for OpenJDK on ubuntu > linux. Then it's no problem with audio output from multiple applications > simultaneously.. > Are you sure ? I use OpenJDK 1.7.0b70 and can't have amarok (gstreamer->PulseAudio) and XtremeMP playing simultaneously on my netbook. Maybe your hardware has some mixing abilities that lets your 'normal' programs play through pulseaudio over a stream while another one is available for java ? You can try this : play something with mplayer or whatever grinding PA, + trying to play a wave file with "aplay <file.wav>". If you have your two streams being played, then your audio card is likely mixing-capable...
