On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:56, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:11:18 -0800 > Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:35, Raffaele Morelli >> <raffaele.more...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > if you want two or more audio apps to share the same sound device, start >> > qjackctl, tell vlc to use jack output module and do the same with other >> > apps >> > if needed. >> > >> > In qjackctl connection panel you should see all your alsa compliant apps >> > listed as readable clients and the sound device as writeable clients. >> > >> > Using skype together with other apps is also possible even if it's a little >> > more tricky, have a look at >> > http://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge >> > >> > I can run skype togeter with other jack/alsa compliant apps, record them >> > and/or route audio output between them using Qjackctl. >> > >> >> That sounds excessively complicated. PA will work fine (and automatically), >> it just needs to be setup correctly. I set mine up long ago, and it has never >> given me problems (well, a few times the PA volume got muted and had to >> be unmuted, but that is about it). > > I use just plain alsa, and while I don't use skype, multiple > applications can use my sound devices simultaneously. No special > configuration; it just works.
Either a sound card with hardware mixing, or you got lucky with alsa's dmix. It has been known to work on occasion... Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoWM=9jy3git78ccev+lnv3yewyjvam3wxkakbftasiro-...@mail.gmail.com