Ginn Chen wrote: > > On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Alfred Peng wrote: > >> Alfred Peng wrote: >>> dick hoogendijk wrote: >>>>> Wanna try out the <video> and <audio> elements support, please go >>>>> to >>>>> http://www.double.co.nz/video_test/. >>>> Lots of ogg-theora video's. They play well, but I have no sound. >>>> This >>>> is on SXCE.b109 >>> I can see the no sound problem here too (OpenSolaris b109 x86), >>> with the error in the terminal: "Open /dev/audio failed:Device >>> busy". Restart Firefox can bring back the sound. Usually the first >>> attempt to open a video works with sound enabled. If I try to play >>> several videos at the same time, the sound goes away with the error >>> message. >>> >>> CC Brian who works on the video part to get more information. > > This is a known issue. > /dev/audio can only be opened once. > In most of cases, closing the page can release /dev/audio.
That does not sound like a solution to me. If a (sub)routine calls/opens /dev/audio it should release it too. I don't have to close pages with flash movies to watch one at a time, without losing the sound;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE +http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u6 10/08 ZFS+
