OSS Sound from more than one app

[viper8]

On my old box with a SB PCI512K I could have mutliple apps playing sound at one time.

On this new box, it has onboard sound (ac97_codec, i810_audio), and I'm unable to play sound from more than one app at a time using OSS. I don't like artsd because it seems kind of lagged when changing volume, etc.

e.g., Play a song in XMMS, Start a movie in gmplayer -> xmms plays, gmplayer wont have any sound.

Any ideas how to get them to cooperate? BTW, I have them all set to use OSS.

Thanks for any input.

Dave

[Jman]

I've had problems with the sound card blocking as well. The solution would be to use a mixer to combine the inputs. I only know of one: esound. In the xmms preference page, audio i/o plugins tab look for esound. Try that output plugin. Now apps that support esound can be played simultaneously.

I know it's not the best solution. Hopefully ALSA will help things.

[mhelios]

Well, if you'd like to try out ALSA (much more superior sound), there's an article that explains how to mix sounds:
http://fedoranews.org/contributors/andre_costa/alsa/

May be useful if you try ALSA out..