Sound Troubles

carlosinfl · 08-25-2006, 12:32 PM

OK - my problem is that Linux or atleast Debian can't split the sound between more than one application. It seems like if XMMS is streaming music, I can't hear my incoming email notification from Thunderbird nor can I listen to an audio from Flash via Firefox. This is even if I pause XMMS audio. It sucks but I can even live with that...

My question is when I am done listening to XMMS and close out the application, is there something I can do via CLI or whatever to release the sound thread so I can go to Purevolume.com and listen to music via Flash/Firefox? After an hour something eventually talks to something and realized that XMMS is no longer being used so I can listen to sound via Firefox but I would like to speed this up.

Anyone have any suggestions? I would guess I am using ALSA.

debiant · 08-25-2006, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Carlwill

OK - my problem is that Linux or atleast Debian can't split the sound between more than one application. It seems like if XMMS is streaming music, I can't hear my incoming email notification from Thunderbird nor can I listen to an audio from Flash via Firefox. This is even if I pause XMMS audio. It sucks but I can even live with that...

My question is when I am done listening to XMMS and close out the application, is there something I can do via CLI or whatever to release the sound thread so I can go to Purevolume.com and listen to music via Flash/Firefox? After an hour something eventually talks to something and realized that XMMS is no longer being used so I can listen to sound via Firefox but I would like to speed this up.

Anyone have any suggestions? I would guess I am using ALSA.

Install JACK to enable different programs to access the audio hardware simultaneously.

ygloo · 08-25-2006, 05:07 PM

think this is what you look for:
http://www.tux.org/~ricdude/EsounD.html

debiant · 08-25-2006, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ygloo

think this is what you look for:
http://www.tux.org/~ricdude/EsounD.html

Jack or Esound, matter of preference.

carlosinfl · 08-31-2006, 08:36 AM

Code:

jack - Rip and encode CDs with one command
jack-rack - LADSPA effects "rack" for JACK
jack-tools - various JACK tools: plumbing, play, udp, ctl, scope, clock
jackbeat - a drummachine-like audio sequencer with JACK support
jackd - JACK Audio Connection Kit (server and example clients)
jackeq - routes and manipulates audio from/to multiple sources
jamin - Audio mastering from a mixed down multitrack source with JACK
kluppe - a loop-player and recorder designed for live use
ladcca-bin - LADCCA example clients
ladcca-dev - Development files for LADCCA
ladcca2 - LADCCA shared library files
ladccad - LADCCA server
lash-bin - Linux Audio Session Handler (LASH) example clients
lash-doc - Linux Audio Session Handler (LASH) documentation
lashd - Linux Audio Session Handler (LASH) server
liballegro4.1-plugin-jack - JACK audio plugin for the Allegro library
liballegro4.2-plugin-jack - JACK audio plugin for the Allegro library
libasound2-plugins - ALSA library additional plugins
libjack0.100.0-0 - JACK Audio Connection Kit (libraries)
libjack0.100.0-dev - JACK Audio Connection Kit (development files)
libjackasyn-dev - Development files for libjackasyn
libjackasyn0 - The Asynchrounous JACK Library
liblash-dev - Linux Audio Session Handler (LASH) development files
liblash2 - Linux Audio Session Handler (LASH) shared library files
libwine-jack - Windows API Implementation (JACK Sound Module)

I was told that I may be using OSS rather than ALSA and may not even need to install Jack or anything else. How can I see what Flash via Firefox is using for sound? I changed XMMS to use ALSA rather than OSS. XMMS is the only thing that messes with Firefox from streaming sound via sites like Purevolume.com or Google.com/video