[linux-help] Re: speaking of ALSA and sound on linux...

["gLaNDix" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm, that's strange, because w/ the same setup, my 'play' would wait until
the mp3 was done, then execute...  how it used to work was that play would
just exit saying "device busy" which is what i'd prefer...  if i'm
listening to an mp3 (on /dev/dsp0) and trying to play on /dev/dsp0,
whichever started last should give an error about the device being
locked...

what card are you using?

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nate Bargmann" <n0nb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 9:33 PM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: speaking of ALSA and sound on linux...


>
> On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 08:58:57PM -0500, gLaNDix wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone had this problem w/ either the sound drivers from ALSA or
the
> > kernel drivers:
> >
> > 1.) make sure no sound daemons (ie: ESounD, aRTsd) are running
> > 2.) Startup XMMS and play an mp3
> > 3.) open a terminal window and excute a 'play <filename>' (does the
play
> > command exit with a "device busy" error or does it seem to "hang"?)
> > 4.) Stop XMMS...  (does the file you tried to play in step 3 play now,
or
> > does the mp3 just stop playing w/ silence thereafter)...
>
> I have no sound daemons running, so this was an easy test with ALSA
> 0.9.0Beta7.
>
> I did the steps described and play executes perfectly.  In fact, I took
> it one step further, started the .mp3 with xmms and then executed the
> play command and had both sounds playing at once!  Tested with both a
> .wav and .au file.
>
> So it would appear that with Linux 2.2.19 and ALSA, your notification
> would play right through the mp3.
>
> HTH,
>
> - Nate >>
>
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