Multiple application using sound

[Francisco Figueiredo Jr.]

Cédric MARCOUX wrote:
> Hi,

Hi!

> I just wonder how to set my fedora core 2 for multiple application using 
> sound. Because if i launch an application using sound (for exemple 
> skype), I cannot get any sound in other application lauched after... 
> (like a game)
> 

If you are using kde, there is the artsd daemon which is responsible for 
doing exactly that. The problem is that the application has to talk to 
arts when producing sound (I mean, it has to send sound to arts so arts 
plays the sound for your application). This way it can mix the many 
applications sounds.

For example, you can hear sounds from gaim and zsnes because they both 
talk to arts.


The problem is that skype doesn't talk to arts, or at least I don't know 
how to make it talk. This way, the sound device is exclusively locked by 
the skype and your game can't access it and blocks. The same happens if 
you start an application which uses sound and try to lauch skype.

I heard that alsa would do the mixing by itself, but I don't know how to 
do that.

So, I think that we are out of luck if try to use skype to talk while 
gaming :(

Please, let me know if somebody here has more suggestions about what can 
be done about this. I'd like to know too.

I hope it helps.

Regards,

Francisco Figueiredo Jr.