18 May
2004
18 May
'04
2:16 p.m.
On my system, I using Planet CCRMA vintage March 2003. Realplay
version 8.0.3.421 and sfxload version 0.4.3; when I need to boot
my system, I must follow the procedure below to get realplay to
work when I load a soundfont to my sblive card. Today I had to
re-discover this sequence for the N-th time so I wrote it down.
I'm posting it here in hopes it will help someone; I don't
understand why it works, but it does, on my system.
How to get realplay to work after using sfxload to load a soundfont
to a SB-Live card. (Assume you've done a reboot of system, logged
in as a user to KDE.)
1-- Before using sfxload, start realplayer first.
Connect to internet and open a location such
as http://www.jazz.fm/liveg2.ra ; realplay
plays the stream.
1.1-- I usually start AlsaPatchBay and AlsaMixer at
this point; it doesn't seem to matter whether this
is done at this stage or later.
2-- While realplay is playing the stream, load the
soundfont; on my sys sfxload 4marv/soundfonts/FluidR3_20GM.SF2
On my sys, the stream must be playing. During the
loading of the soundfont the stream playing stops and
and realplay says "Buffering". After the font is loaded,
hit the stop button on realplay and re-connect to the location.
The stream will start playing again.
After this sequence, I can quit out of realplay and restart is
without getting the dread "cannot open the sound device..."
message.
If realplay is not up and actively playing a stream when
sfxload loads the soundfont, realplay will not find the
sound device. And my system must re-booted. Logging
out and back in, does not work. The soundfont load
does not survive the boot.