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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

How to make JACK stop blocking /dev/dsp?

I'm currently using JACK (with -d alsa) for my sound mixing needs. However, some of my applications use OSS exclusively. Is it possible to make JACK unblock /dev/dsp so those apps can use it when JACK is running?

(Note that I don't need mixing of OSS applications - I just want sound to work for them.)

btartsa

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Registered: 2004-07-26

Posts: 222

Re: How to make JACK stop blocking /dev/dsp?

Perhaps oss2jack in AUR is what you need? Not sure never used it.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: How to make JACK stop blocking /dev/dsp?

oss2jack isn't really what I'm looking for (plus it's a pain in the neck) - I'd just like a way of having OSS apps run without killing JACK, no mixing necessary.

Is it possible I might be able to get aoss to work with the JACK alsa-plugin? I've tried that, but I get no sound. Maybe I need to add something to my asoundrc?

pcm.!default {
    type plug
    slave { pcm "jack" }
}

pcm.jack {
    type jack
    playback_ports {
        0 alsa_pcm:playback_1
        1 alsa_pcm:playback_2
    }
    capture_ports {
        0 alsa_pcm:capture_1
        1 alsa_pcm:capture_2
    }
}