[linux-audio-user] dmix

[polly]

Hello,

   I think I've done the things to my /etc/asound.conf to make dmix work ..
  and I have two command line scripts to make multiple requests for sound  
viz:

   aplay /wavi/sounds/file1.wav & aplay /wavi/sounds/file2.wav & etc etc
  and:
   mplayer -ao alsa:device=dmix /av/afile.avi

   I can play many, many sounds at once using the first commands repeated  
many times quickly
   _or_

   I can do the same thing have many instances of mplayer running ok, with  
sound, at once.
   _but_

   I cannnot get the wav files to play if even one instance of mplayer is  
running or

  vice versa. In other words, the dmix seems, to me, to only allow multiple  
instances

  of the same application to make sounds simultaneously.  In particular I  
find that

  the Flightgear sim refuses to run if any other app is using sound; I  
expected the

  dmix to multiplex sound from different apps.


  Appreciate any help,thanks,

  polly
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