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ALSA sharing

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desertwind
desertwind Original post #1
Jul 14, 2005 at 9:33 PM
How can i share my soundcard between various applications, so that they can use it simultaneously ? Now rhythmbox often gives me error that the device is busy when some other applucations which use sound is started.
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ujjwal #2
Jul 14, 2005 at 10:22 PM
Check this article, its for Arch Linux, but you can apply it other distributions too.
GNUrag
GNUrag #3
Jul 15, 2005 at 11:11 AM
Thanks ujjwal, i too wanted it.
though in FreeBSD, this already works. It has OSS instead of ALSA in default install
desertwind
Jul 15, 2005 at 1:05 PM
Thanks ujjwal, that worked