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Re: [Alsa-xmms-user] xmms-alsa does not work with esd on
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Aaron M. Ucko |
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Re: [Alsa-xmms-user] xmms-alsa does not work with esd on |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:38:43 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.1 (usg-unix-v) |
Gaurang Khetan <address@hidden> writes:
> However, with esd daemon running, XMMS can play music with ESD output
> plugin, but not with alsa output plugin. The xmms-alsa plugin only
> works when esd daemon is not running.
That's not surprising; typically only one or two programs can access
the sound card at a time, so if ESD's active, it can certainly shut
alsa-xmms out. (Incidentally, you may be able to use "esdctl standby"
and "esdctl resume" instead of fully stopping and starting it.)
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
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