> > > > I hope you can help me. I've got an standard Red Hat 7.2 > > > installation > > > with alsa (0.9.0rc1) installed on it. When I play something the > > > sound is > > > fine. The problem that i only can play ONE thing at a time. > > > (example: > > > mp3 with xmms) > > > The program that use the alsa driver keep the driver exclusive > > > for his > > > and other programs must wait until he's finished and so on. > > > > This is normal. > > Some cards can be opened multiple times by multiple applications - > > SBLive etc. The ICE1712 isn't designed that way. > > Hi Paul, > > How does it come that it works flawless under windows, opened > multiple > times by multiple applications? > > Kind regards, > > Kurt Geens
Windows does software mixing, taking two independent sound streams and mixing them before sending them to the soundcard. Does anyone have a list of what cards (other than the SB Live!) support hardware mixing? Adam _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
