Audio Probs in RH 7.3

[Doogee]

Hey all, a prob here.

I think it might be XMMS related cos whn i try to play a song a takes about 100 clicks of the play button to actually get it to play, it keeps saying the audio is blocked, when it isnt. i know the sound is workin cos it Kasteroids (cheesy i know) the sound worked fine. help us out, i would like my one clickiness back...

[Calum]

doogee, try running xmms from a terminal and see what the subprocess messages are.
Just a suggestion...

[mobrien_12]

Dougee,

Go to XMMS' preferences and make sure the output plugin is set to aRts driver.

[Doogee]

thanks m obrien that worked, what was that actually doing? just a different sound driver?

[Doogee]

well fuck man, im still used to windows, where u get one driver for your hardware and it just stays like that. i was actually wondering what the actual change was and why that makes the sound work?

Fuck getting flamed for asking a question, thats just pathetic.

[mobrien_12]

quote:Originally posted by Doogee:
thanks m obrien that worked, what was that actually doing? just a different sound driver?

Sort of.  By default XMMS talks directly to /dev/dsp.  This approach only allows one program to use the sound card at a given time.  aRts instead runs a sound daemon which talks directly to /dev/dsp.  The daemon can handle multiple inputs and will mix the sounds together.  Using the aRts output plugin lets XMMS talk to the sound daemon instead of /dev/dsp.

[Doogee]

lol true true X11. Im an aussie too. so i spoze i shouldve know. I was heaps tired last night from school, had a real shithouse week.

Thanks for explaining that M O'Brien