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From: Hani Duwaik <kiawud@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sound with Virtual Channels
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:36:12
Message-Id: fda4d1d405090209287b93a274@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Sound with Virtual Channels by Nick Rout
1 On 8/30/05, Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz> wrote:
2 >
3 >
4 > On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:28:37 +0200
5 > Christoph Eckert wrote:
6 >
7 >
8 > > Recent ALSA versions do softwaremixing using the DMIX plugin per
9 > > default. Older versions can do it by creating an soundrc file.
10 > >
11 > > Unfortunately this does not help with legacy applications which still
12 > > use OSS or the ALSA OSS emulation - like Skype or Realplayer do :( .
13 >
14 > does that mean that OSS emulation does not use dmix?
15 >
16 > If you're using alsa and dmix, you can try to install 'alsa-oss' ... It'll
17 install an app called 'aoss' which should be able to redirect any standard
18 OSS requests to alsa/dmix.
19
20 HTH,
21
22 -Hani