[Alsa-user] jackd and artsd questions

2006-06-23 Thread akb+lists . alsa-user
When I try to start jackd ("jackd -d alsa"), I get: loading driver .. creating alsa driver ... hw:0|hw:0|1024|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit control device hw:0 the playback device "hw:0" is already in use. Please stop the application using it and run JACK again Why isn't it usin

[Alsa-user] dmix diagnostics

2006-06-23 Thread akb+lists . alsa-user
if I can issue two aplay's simultaneously, and hear both sounds playing, does that mean dmix is working correctly? system has cheap motherboard sound (nforce2), and thus no hardware mixer. Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with p

[Alsa-user] config questions, definitions

2006-04-30 Thread akb+lists . alsa-user
Hi-- I was looking over the config data I just sent, and I'd love some explanations. (1) what do soundcore and snd do? I assume one provides the ALSA api, but what about the other? (2) why do some apps grab a control channel and others not? (2A) what's a control channel control, anyway? Exa

[Alsa-user] volume mix several apps in software?

2006-04-30 Thread akb+lists . alsa-user
Hi-- I have several different programs outputting sound at the same time. I believe my sound card does not do hardware mixing. How do I make say, a game quieter and a music player louder at the same time, if the apps do not have internal volume controls? Configs Info: * debian Linux * de