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From: Jure Varlec <exzombie@×××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems when more than one application uses sound
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 18:59:21
Message-Id: 200605282054.47604.exzombie@exzombie.homeip.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Problems when more than one application uses sound by Felipe Ribeiro
1 On Sunday 28 May 2006 17:57, Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I'm using alsa, and i can't use the sound simultaneously by more than
5 > one application, for example, when i'm seeing flash animations on
6 > firefox, xmms can't output sound. How can i solve this?
7 >
8 > Cheers,
9 > Felipe
10
11 ALSA supports software mixing, but you have to create a proper asoundrc config
12 file to activate the dmix plugin. See
13 http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_Complete_(includes_dmix)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems when more than one application uses sound Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>