[linux-audio-user] multiple simultaneous instances of xmms (or other graphical app) w/JACK?

Marcus Alessi Bittencourt alessi at roar.music.columbia.edu
Mon Oct 24 13:20:03 EDT 2005


> On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 11:24 -0400, Rick Wright wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I would like to simultaneously play 2 audio files and mix their output 
> > via JACK.  I want a JACK solution because I also have BruteFIR in the 
> > workflow.  I can play a single instance of xmms through JACK without 
> > problem and I can open multiple instances of xmms without problem - once 
> > enabling that option.  Here's the hitch: when I try to play audio files 
> > with the two xmms instances, the first works fine, but the second gives 
> > an error complaining that it can't open the output device and to check 
> > that another program isn't blocking it.

	Did you try running xmms in oss mode but through jacklaunch?
	That works fine for me.
	You can also play the file with a PureData object.

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