Which method is easiest/best to get programs to play sound. Same time

Izuil · 2007-02-05 21:40:16

Okey first of all sorry for the strange building (can I say it this way?) of the topic.

Well atm I'm using aoss to make programs play sound at the same time but it wont work with Enemy Territory for example.

Which of the methods here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/All … .28free.29
would you recomend as the easiest and/or best?

Last time I tried oss 4 it wouldn't play sounds in Enemy Territory whilst also running TeamSpeak or Skype but maybe this is fixed now?

I also tried alsa with oss2jack but I was unable to get it running, mostly lack of Linux knowledge from my part I guess.

Well which do you prefer/use and why?
Was your way easy?

Gullible Jones · 2007-02-05 21:45:38

dmix, using iphitus's asound.conf.. Doesn't work with Wine though, because Wine is stupid and tries to access the hardware directly or something.

(Some people swear by JACK, which should work with Wine, but I've never gotten it work properly, and don't really need realtime. And ESD just sucks.)

Izuil · 2007-02-06 15:28:07

Okey then I guess I'll take a closer look on iphitus asound then

noriko · 2007-02-06 18:15:01

i've switched to using oss/commercial and it works for all apps. that i use.. with perfect snd mixing.
amarok, enemy+territory+teamspeak works perfectly together for hours on-end.

Izuil · 2007-02-06 20:42:10

noriko wrote:

i've switched to using oss/commercial and it works for all apps. that i use.. with perfect snd mixing.
amarok, enemy+territory+teamspeak works perfectly together for hours on-end.

That sounds just great I remember that oss wasn't impossible to get up and running either...

noriko · 2007-02-06 20:52:25

the new on .. v4 released not to long ago, seemed to have fixed all the failings in performance and incontestabilities so i personally think it's passed alsa now ... since alsa sucks at emulating oss.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OSS

Izuil · 2007-02-06 21:03:43

Then I'll give it a shot Thanks for the tip

Stalwart · 2007-02-06 21:36:49

I fixed mixing stuff by banning OSS compatibility modules. Now i see when programs try to use OSS and fix them to use alsa, then dmix finishes job automagically

Izuil · 2007-02-06 21:55:44

Thanks a lot guys Especially noriko for convincing me that oss was a good option using it atm only problem is that it's constantly caputring my mic...

EDIT: I can't make it stop!! Please help

Last edited by Izuil (2007-02-06 21:59:45)

noriko · 2007-02-07 07:03:46

i think that's a feature...
what exactly is the problem ( i.e, it's mixing feedback into the output) ...
have u tried the mixer ;;; ossxmixer

Izuil · 2007-02-07 08:10:24

Ive tried ossxmix and tried stopping the mic but it enables itself at once :S
The problem is that the mic is constantly recording every thing and putting it in my ears... It's driving me nuts
Probably I've just missed a button like disable mic or so but I cant find it

noriko · 2007-02-07 13:27:00

u need to chane the input gain, it will reduce the noise effect .
i dunno if thre is an option in ossxmix, but in thte gnome sound manager thing, app it is available.
i don't use ther wm so i don't know hw else to set it.
btw, input gain is not the same as mic input volume .. there is another option.

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/5579/ |

pacman -S gnome-volume-manager

Izuil · 2007-02-07 17:55:09

Yeah I saw that it's another option. But I can set the volume that's not the problem the problem is that it's capturing the mic sound even though I have no active programs :S It didn't do this in alsa. (there were an option in alsa for this)

Another thing, how have you set up your /etc/modprobe.conf ?

jinn · 2007-02-08 14:30:43

Does skype work for you guys? I havent tried the oss commercial yet, but right now I have to run aoss skype.. I have configured skype to use alsa but still have to use aoss skype to get the microphone working.

Last edited by jinn (2007-02-08 14:39:27)

Stalwart · 2007-02-08 14:37:44

Yes, i use it everyday

iggy · 2007-02-08 15:13:23

best method is to use a soundcard that supports hardware-mixing! i'm using a audigy2zs + alsa and i have no problems with any sounds.

Izuil · 2007-02-09 20:38:52

I ask again, how have you set up your /etc/modprobe.conf ?

Stalwart · 2007-02-09 21:00:06

#
# /etc/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels)
#
options usbhid mousepoll=1
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper

noriko · 2007-02-09 23:02:10

options vmix vmix_instances=2 vmix1_numoutputs=16 vmix1_numloops=0
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are you referring to noise on the mic input/channel ? cos if it is as i thought, then it can be turned down/off in the volume settings.
you jsut gotta play with them a bit.

Izuil · 2007-02-10 11:03:51

thanks, yeah I noticed that yesterday but thanks anyway noriko

noriko · 2007-02-10 11:14:55

fyi:

flash-plugin has no oss support by default, ou'll need to install libflashsupport.
it doesn't seem to be in the repos, cos someone flagged it out of date.

i posted the pkgbuild~ http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=29655 @ the bottom of the page.
i didn't bother changing version or anything, just the depends (fp-beta>fp)

Izuil · 2007-02-10 15:49:55

Okey, thanks alot Is there anyway that I can lock igain in ossxmix? Cause mine is always increasing :S

noriko · 2007-02-10 16:12:27

:S i don't have that issue. sorry i don't know.

Izuil · 2007-02-10 17:14:28

Okey, to bad

Acid7711 · 2007-02-11 18:15:30

iggy wrote:

best method is to use a soundcard that supports hardware-mixing!

I second that. Best and easiest. Heck, you can find a decent card that supports hardware mixing for like $5-$50 used depending on what you wanted.

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