On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:19:32 -0800 Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 13:52, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:36:34 -0800 > > Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> 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... > > > > I don't know what dmix is; it doesn't seem to exist on my system. Sound > > hardware is: > > > > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio > > Controller (rev 03) > > > > I'm pretty sure I had automatic mixing on my previous system, which > > also had some sort of Intel sound, although I don't have the info > > available here ATM. > > I doubt that has hardware mixing. Dmix is part of alsa, you should have > it unless you recompiled alsa without it or something. Okay - so dmix it is; I'm using stock Debian packages for everything, with no specific configuration for my setup. I though that dmix was some sort of command / daemon / package. But you say it only works on occasion? I've never seemed to have any problem with it at all. Celejar -- 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/20120302173811.fab8598d.cele...@gmail.com