audio

[John Wendel]

Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 09:05:46PM -0500, Julian Underwood wrote:
> 
>>I'm running FC3.  I am wondering if it is possible for my computer to
>>produce sounds out of more than one application simultaneously.  So if I
>>am playing a movie in Xine then I pause it, I can't go into XMMS and
>>play audio tracks, it says make sure no other program is blocking the
>>soundcard.  I believe I am using Alsa for sound.  Is there a simple way
>>to have programs all use the soundcard at the same time?
> 
> 
> Have a look at the dmix alsa plugin. Haven't used FC3 for a while, but
> I'm pretty sure that dmix is supplied with one of the alsa packages...
> 
> http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=DmixPlugin
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paul.
> 


You need a software mixer. Check dmix, arts (for KDE), esd (for 
gnome), I'm sure there are others. Or get a sound card with a hardware 
mixer (best solution).

Regards,

John