I successfully run Skype as aoss skype .
Skype is an OSS application, so one needs a special layer to make it possible to run it in a non-blocking manner. There is a relatively new application to make OSS applications non-blocking: http://fort.xdas.com/~kor/oss2jack/ - I haven't tried it myself, it might help you. On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:08:11 -0000 "HEDGER, Tim, FM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whilst I'm reasonably comfortable with Linux, sound continues to mystify me. > I have managed to get all the applications that I want to use working with > Sound on my FC4 AMD64 machine, the main ones being: > > * xine > > * rosegarden > > * kaffeine (for its DVB capabilities) > > * Skype > > That's all fine except when I try and do more than one thing at once. My > specific issue is having Skype running all the time, so that it can pop up > if someone calls or when I want to use it, and from time to time I use > kaffeine. > > If I start kaffeine but don't play anything with it, it doesn't use the > sound device and all is well. But the moment I play a file, or watch DVB, > the sound device is used, and then Skype can't get it when it wants to use > it. > > I run skype as: > > asrtsdsp -m skpe > > (following many web trawls as this was the only way I could find to get it > to work with sound). > I haven't done any special sound config for kaffeine, it just works. > > So I need some way of allowing multiple applications to use sound at the > same time, rather than one blocking the other out. (After I've used > kaffeine, it isn't sufficient to just stop playing something with sound, I > have to kill the application before skype is able to get the sound device). > > Can anyone give me some guidance? > > Thanks > Tim > > > *********************************************************************************** > The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered > Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. > Authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority > > This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the > addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other > than the addressee, please return the message to the sender > by replying to it and then delete the message from your > computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. The > Royal Bank of Scotland plc does not accept responsibility for > changes made to this message after it was sent. > > Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the > transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to > ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this > message and any attachments will not adversely affect its > systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by The Royal > Bank of Scotland plc in this regard and the recipient should carry > out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate. > Visit our websites at: > http://www.rbos.com > http://www.rbsmarkets.com > ******************************************************************************** > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
