Subject: [linux-audio-user] ALSA device sharing?
From: Mikhail Ramendik (mr_AT_ramendik.ru)
Date: Mon Apr 14 2003 - 01:17:04 EEST
Hello!
Does alsa allow several programs to use one device, with soft mixing?
I have switched to alsa drivers, recompiled fluidsynth for alsa, and
tried to run it under KDE (in a Konsole su root). It failed:
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ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:866:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed:
Device or resource busy
fluidsynth: error: The "default" audio device is used by another
application
Failed to create the audio driver
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Now, I thought I could get rid of arts and let alsa handle softmixing,
but... will it?
Well, I can install JACK. But I'm not only doing music creation. I want
to play MP3s via XMMS, watch videos with Xine, etc. Are there JACK
output plugins, at least, for XMMS and Xine?
-- Sincerely yours, Mikhail Ramendik
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