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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the dmix equivalent these days?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:20:02
Message-Id: 200702272006.51123.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the dmix equivalent these days? by Mick
1 On Tuesday 27 February 2007 06:54, Mick wrote:
2 > On Tuesday 27 February 2007 00:14, Jesús Guerrero wrote:
3 > > El Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:53:54 +0100
4 > >
5 > > Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org> escribió:
6 > > > Mick writes:
7 > > > > How am I supposed to specify sox? /usr/bin/sox doesn't play any
8 > > > > sound.
9 > > >
10 > > > Have a look at this "Do I really need aRts?" thread, in the middle it
11 > > > says:
12 > > >
13 > > > "now, copy this script into /usr/bin/Ksplay:
14 > > >
15 > > > #! /bin/sh
16 > > > sox "$@" -v 1.0 -q -t alsa default &
17 > > >
18 > > > emerge sox to get an external sound player for
19 > > > kdm events. Go into the control center, click
20 > > > system notifications and click "player settings"
21 > > > near the bottom. Click "use external player"
22 > > > and then type /usr/bin/Ksplay.
23 > > > "
24 > > >
25 > > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-526080-highlight-arts.html
26 > > >
27 > > > Alex
28 > >
29 > > Alternatively you can just use the script "/usr/bin/play", included in
30 > > the sox package.
31 >
32 > Cool! I seem to have missed this in man sox. It plays system sounds now
33 > nicely.
34
35 Blast! I spoke too soon. It /usr/bin/play plays system sounds fine, by alsa
36 will not mix them if e.g. amarok is playing in the background. It's either
37 one or the other. Do I need to rebuild kdelibs without arts for it to work?
38 This should really be simpler.
39 --
40 Regards,
41 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] What's the dmix equivalent these days? "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] What's the dmix equivalent these days? Robin Atwood <robin.atwood@×××××××××.net>