[linux-audio-user] dmix

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
polly  hat gesagt: // polly  wrote:

>   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.

This sounds like you have two dmix-devices, one called "dmix" and the
other is the "default" device, that aplay is using when you don't
specify a different one.

Current version of ALSA don't require you to do any definitions for
getting dmix to work, the "default" device already is dmix'ed and
dsnoop'ed. 

I would suggest you remove your /etc/asound.conf and any ~/.asoundrc's
and try again, this time using "mplayer -ao alsa:device=default" and
"aplay whatever.wav".

Ciao
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