[linux-audio-dev] OpenAl and dmix

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, This might be a a newbie question, but i have openal installed and i am running into problems. i have also posted to openal-dev list about my concerns. I have created an ~/.asoundrc file for help with dmix, because i have had problems playing multiple sound programs at the same time. This .asoundrc file helped me use xmms and amarok at the same time. 1. My problem is when i am trying to run an openal program when i am using one of the other sound programs, the program ran last will block untill the first program that i started had finished. This seems strange to me that some programs will "dmix" and some will not. Any ideas on this? Also, I am thinking about developing and audio app using the openal api, and i had some questions that maybe someone could clear up for me. 1. I am assuming this api wraps around alsa or oss, i am going to be using an RME hammerfall dsp and i need to attach some inputs to some outputs to allow the input from a mic to go to the output which will go to their headset, (low latency Monitoring). How is this done, as i have not found any docs talking about how to send sounds out certain channels? 2. Some examples i have found do not compile because they are including the file #include <strstring.h> , which i do not have. (i am running gentoo 2005.0, kernel-2.6.11)? is this a known issue? thanx in advanced bj