Re: [Sheflug] Problems with XMMS

["Neil R Porter" <nospam [at] neilporter.worldonline.co.uk>]

Bob, you're a star.. cheers.  Exactly (well more or less) what the problem
was.  However, I got round it by turning off the system sounds within KDE as
they were already disabled within gnome (which I don't use btw).  But, as
soon as I tried to 'test' a sound mid mp3 play then there was the old
problem back.  So, as you said below.

Which prompts the question... even though this is a way round my/our
particular problem, surely there is some other more elegant fix... after all
it just isn't the same not having the splosh and whip as windows open and
close (joke).  Seriously though, if I use another app (as I intend to use
ICQJava when I sort it out) will I just come unstuck again.

Anyway, for now, thanks again.

Best wishes

Neil

(¯`·._.·'¯`·-> poo <-·'¯`·._.·'¯)

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Ham <u9rah [at] dcs.shef.ac.uk>
To: Sheflug <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Problems with XMMS


> On Mon, 29 May 2000, Neil R Porter wrote:
>
> If you've got esd enabled, and sounds for events in gnome enabled, esd
> will, kind of, spool sounds until it can get at the hardware.  If you do
> have these enabled, this will be what happens.
>
> 1. Gnome gives esd a sound to play.
> 2. esd tries the hardware, but doesn't get it, so it waits.
> 3. XMMS finishes the song it's playing and releases the hardware.
> 4. esd plays the sound (it way be that you can't hear it, or don't
>    notice it.)
> 5. While esd is playing the sound, XMMS has loaded the next song and
>    tries to grab the OSS hardware, but can't until esd has finished with
>    it.
>
> Try disabling esd in Gnome control-centre if you haven't, and then see
> what happens.
>
> Bob
>
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