[linux-audio-dev] OpenAl and dmix

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hi,
        This might be a a newbie question, but i have openal installed and i am
running into problems. i have also posted to openal-dev list about my
concerns.

        I have created an ~/.asoundrc file for help with dmix, because i have
had problems playing multiple sound programs at the same time. This
.asoundrc file helped me use xmms and amarok at the same time.

1. My problem is when i am trying to run an openal program when i am
using one of the other sound programs, the program ran last will block
untill the first program that i started had finished. This seems
strange to me that some programs will "dmix" and some will not. Any
ideas on this?

Also, I am thinking about developing and audio app using the openal api,
and i had some questions that maybe someone could clear up for me.

1. I am assuming this api wraps around alsa or oss, i am going to be
using an RME hammerfall dsp and i need to attach some inputs to some
outputs to allow the input from a mic to go to the output which will go
to their headset, (low latency Monitoring). How is this done, as i have
not found any docs talking about how to send sounds out certain channels?

2. Some examples i have found do not compile because they are including
the file #include <strstring.h> , which i do not have. (i am running
gentoo 2005.0, kernel-2.6.11)?

is this a known issue?

thanx in advanced
bj
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Received on Thu Jul 7 16:15:41 2005