I don't have this problem, I can play multiple wav, mp3 etc. simultaneously.
I am using woody with linux 2.4.14, emu10k1. > -----Original Message----- > From: Paolo Falcone [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 6:25 AM > To: Debian Users Mailing List > Subject: multithreading sounds > > Hello. > > When I was still using RedHat Linux, I remember that it was possible > to multithread the sounds (playing multiple sound files is possible, > as threads are instantiated to use the sound device). > > As I upgraded my machine and motherboard and switched to Debian, I > can't anymore multithread the sound. Playing one sound file locks > the sound card device solely for the requesting process. > > Question: how do I fix this, to enable multiple processes requesting > the sound device to multi-thread? Or is it outside Linux already? > I'm really interested to find out since I'll be using my machine > for a multi-media demo, specifically playing Xinerama, Xtheater > and XMMS concurrently, without any of these applications to be > treated as a heavy-weight process, effectively locking the sound > device to any of them. > > I suspect also that if it is not the OS, then it might be the BIOS > that is the culprit. Does IRQ sharing have anything to do with this? > I noticed also that my same setup doesn't play the sounds in > Windows (it mentions that the sound card is in use though there is > no user process requesting it). > > Any enlightenment would be appreciated (as well as will give me > enough time to re-hack BIOS or send my box to the repair shop before > the demo on Tuesday). Thanks! > > > Paolo Falcone > > __________________________________ > www.edsamail.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
