On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 03:05:24PM -0600, Matthew Frederico wrote: > Something I have noticed with linux, is its sound has weirdness. For > example, I am using XMMS, and in order for me to use Skype, I have to > shut down xmms. I can't play XMMS and talk via skype at the same > time. > > using Alsa and I8x0 > > I've googled for it, and can't find any answer that can conclusively > tell me if it can be done or not. >
Be sure both xmms and skype are using alsa. (it's a audio output plugin in xmms under Preferences). I know xmms usually defaults to OSS, which doesn't like multiple things using the sound device. That's always a bit tricky, even if you're using alsa as your driver, yoru apps might be using the OSS emulation that alsa provides, thus losing most of the benifits of alsa. -- Scott Paul Robertson http://spr.mahonri5.net GnuPG FingerPrint: 09ab 64b5 edc0 903e 93ce edb9 3bcc f8fb dc5d 7601
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