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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: sm-discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] esd quitting after a couple of songs
  • Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 08:44:51 -0700

Quoting Rohan Nicholls <rohan.nicholls AT pareto.nl>:
> Well I am open for suggestions....
>
> I was using alsa on its own before, but I could only have one sound
> stream at a time, which is not ideal, so if there is another solution
> please let me know. I agree that esd is evil, but it is the lesser evil
> when compared to apps hanging because they are waiting for the sound
> device to be released. Maybe alsa has this working now?

I believe it does, since I could play my music (rhythmbox) and have two Never
Winter Nights windows opened (using `Xnest`) and I heard all the sounds. :)
You'll want to make sure that xmms is using the ALSA interface and not the OSS
(default, IIRC).

-sandalle

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