i've worked with oss a bit a few months ago and didn't have your problem as far as i can remember. i don't see in my code anything unusual... did you open the device with O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK ? that's the only slightly relevant thing that comes to mind... i based my code (simple audio capture) on this example: http://manuals.opensound.com/developer/audiolevel.c.html
On 9/28/07, ik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello list, > > I have a weird problem when I'm trying to use /dev/dsp using Alsa-oss. > The first time I'm accessing /dev/dsp, the device works properly, and > I have sound inside, however, when I try to access the device again, > I'm getting > > sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': Device or resource busy > > For example from the command "play" that uses that device. > > Please note that his happens regardless of the program that uses the > /dev/dsp device. > > I also tried to use /dev/snd/pcm.... but without any luck (no error > from using the descriptor, but no actual output is given. > > I can't figure out what am I missing. And I do need to use the > /dev/dsp (for several reasons that are not controlled by me). > > I'm using Kubnut 7.04 amd64. > > Any pointers to look at well be more then welcome. > > Thanks, > Ido > -- > http://ik.homelinux.org/ > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
