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dids22

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Registered: 2007-01-02

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somthing with sound

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/All … ing_system.

i try the first ,dmix - Alsa's software mixing system.
but i don't understand what to do?install dmix package?edit asound.conf?

Last edited by dids22 (2007-02-14 12:08:43)

dids22

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Re: somthing with sound

someone?

manmower

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-11-17

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Re: somthing with sound

dmix kicks in automatically. Just make sure alsa is properly installed. You will not need to do any configuring unless you e.g. use mpd as a different user.

dids22

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Re: somthing with sound

alsa is properly installed but  still  multiple programs cant play sound at once

newgargamel

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From: PL, CZ

Registered: 2005-08-28

Posts: 156

Re: somthing with sound

For usb port there is no dmix by default. What sound card do you have?

dids22

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Re: somthing with sound

onboard
i dont understand, if alsa installed properly multiple programs could play sound at same time?

Shagbag

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Registered: 2006-10-25

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Re: somthing with sound

Yes, they should.  Please post the output of 'lsmod' so we can check you've got all the ALSA modules installed.  Also, what apps are you using to test and what sound 'engines' do they use (gStreamer?  aRTs?  Xine?)

dids22

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Re: somthing with sound

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i'm using mplayer and xmms
{
when i try to use xmms while mplayer working i get this message

}

Last edited by dids22 (2007-02-19 16:06:01)

Captain Spaulding

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Re: somthing with sound

Well, did you do that? Select the ALSA output plugin for XMMS? Did you do the same for MPlayer? Otherwise, become root and run

pacman -S alsa-lib alsa-utils
alsaconfig

Afterwards start alsamixer and check if no channels are muted.

dids22

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Registered: 2007-01-02

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Re: somthing with sound

[chch@myhost ~]$ alsaconfig
bash: alsaconfig: command not found

u mean alsaconf? why u want i would do that? my sound card are already configured ,didn't it?

Last edited by dids22 (2007-02-19 20:36:56)

Captain Spaulding

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Re: somthing with sound

[chch@myhost ~]$ alsaconfig
bash: alsaconfig: command not found

u mean alsaconf? why u want i would do that? my sound card are already configured ,didn't it?

Yes, that is what I meant. While the modules are loaded, the configuration can still be broken. Do I get you right that you have sound working but you can't use two or more output sources at once? Is this right with any application and not only XMMS and MPlayer (both must be specifically set to ALSA)?

silvik

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From: Bucharest/Romania

Registered: 2006-11-08

Posts: 110

Re: somthing with sound

i'm using mplayer and xmms
{
when i try to use xmms while mplayer working i get this message
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8052 … naukd7.png
}

I get this error only if I select OSS.
try to play the movie with "mplayer -ao alsa movie_file (force ALSA output); and select ALSA plugin in XMMS (Preferences-Output plugin - ALSA - Configure - Select your soundcard from the dropdown). This always works for me.