[plug] RE: Alsa problems

[Timothy White]

Michael Collard wrote:
> I am almost certain that the OSS device (/dev/dsp etc) will only allow
> one application to use it at a time, regardless of ALSA. I got that from
> the docs somewhere. Still, could be wrong. Let us know what you find :)
Nope. It is dependent on the hardware and driver. Some cards support 
hardware mixing of X channels and if the driver has support then 
/dev/dsp can be opened multiple times. I'm not sure which sound cards 
have this though (read it in a HOWTO IIRC)
Tim
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