Re: esd and other sound apps

["Yo 'Ric Dude" <ericmit ix netcom com>]

Hot Sauce wrote:
> 
> When esd is running, it seems that no other audio application can use /dev/dsp.
> Surely this is wrong.  How can i fix this?

Only one application may use the sound card at a time. Esd helps 
with that limitation by playing sounds at the request of other 
programs; even more than one at the same time, as needed.  


Many non-esd-native audio apps work with esd via the esddsp 
wrapper script. e.g.:
	esddsp xanim
	esddsp rvplayer
	esddsp x11amp


For those programs that do not (e.g. quake):
	esdctl off ; quake ; esdctl on ;


You may also run esd in autosuspend mode, to have it release
the sound card when it's not playing anything:
	esd -as 1

The 1 in the line above indicates a one second timeout.

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