From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov ([136.177.7.10]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1E4iiO-0002K6-00 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:25:36 -0400 Received: from PUNK ([130.118.172.119]) by gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov (Lotus Domino Release 6.5.2) with SMTP id 2005081511245440-39614 ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:24:54 -0600 Message-ID: <002c01c5a1be$4176f3a0$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> From: "Sean McMahon" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050815025516.GA17183@taylor.homelinux.net><20050815133714.GB18507@rednote.net> <20050815163112.GD3915@brailcom.cz> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:24:45 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 08/15/2005 11:24:54, Serialize by Router on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 08/15/2005 11:25:36, Serialize complete at 08/15/2005 11:25:36 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-2" Subject: Re: Alsa question X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean McMahon , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:25:37 -0000 You can play multiple streams with oss. On my ens1370 soundcard with oss, I could play music form the internet and run flite at the same time. Whereas this is not possable using my ens 1371 soundcard with alsa. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hynek Hanke" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Alsa question > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:37:14AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > alsa only emmulates oss. > > Since oss only supports one sound source at a time, alsa can't fix that > > behavior by emmulating what oss does and how it behaves. > > I don't think so. On soundcards able to play multiple streams at once, it's > possible to open /dev/dsp multiple times even with OSS. So if the emulation is > done correctly, and it operates over dmix, it should be possible to open > /dev/dsp by more applications. > > Actually I've read in some dmix how-to this is supposed to work. > > But I'm also a little puzzled with the magic of /etc/asound.conf and with what > it's supposed to contain to make dmix and oss emulation work (and the last step, > make them work together). > > I would recommend asking on alsa-users@alsa-project.org. > > With regards, > Hynek Hanke > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup