Why are so many users having issues with sound?

[SZF2001]

ive never had any sound problems with ubuntu.... ever.... even back in the warty and hoary days, and ive used the dreaded soundblaster live which so many people complain of

"Dreaded" ShoundBlaster Live! ? Huh... I've had that card even before Ubuntu (with Debian) and it was NEVER a problem...

I've had more than one sound source playing at one time in Gutsy.

Nathan

Same here. And in Breezy, Dapper, Feisty, etc.

[ubuntu-freak]

"Dreaded" ShoundBlaster Live! ? Huh... I've had that card even before Ubuntu (with Debian) and it was NEVER a problem...


Same here. And in Breezy, Dapper, Feisty, etc.

Shoundblaster? That's what James Bond used to shake that bad guys hideout to pieces.

He was thinking of oss. Alsa can play from multiple sources.

Nathan

[~LoKe]

I've had more than one sound source playing at one time in Gutsy.

Nathan

Not over one device with ALSA.

[ubuntu-freak]

Not over one device with ALSA.

Device? I'm talking applications. OSS was limited to one application at a time from what I know.

Nathan

[ubuntu-freak]

Just notice you're a Ubuntu dev! Sweet. I've attracted a dev. Nice one.

Nathan

[~LoKe]

Device? I'm talking applications. OSS was limited to one application at a time from what I know.

Nathan

In my post, I said it wasn't possible to play more than one sound over the same device using ALSA. OSS hasn't been default in a long time (well before Feisty), so it's natural to assume he was speaking of ALSA.

And I'm not an Ubuntu dev, I just use a distro in development.

[ubuntu-freak]

Need to get my eyes checked again. Missed the 'user' bit at the end.

Nathan

[Dreamlocked]

I also had problems get two programs to share sound.
But then I learned you can add "aoss" in front of each program, and then you can have as many sound-using programs a you want.

Example :

aoss skype

aoss wine <insert name of windows program.exe>

It gets tedious to open a terminal and type all that each time you want to launch an app, so I suggest you do quick launch icons of the ones you use the most.

[SZF2001]

Shoundblaster? That's what James Bond used to shake that bad guys hideout to pieces.

He was thinking of oss. Alsa can play from multiple sources.

Nathan

Shorry about that, friend. Shay, shhouldn't vwe hawve shome Kool_Aiwde?

[ubuntu-freak]

In my post, I said it wasn't possible to play more than one sound over the same device using ALSA. OSS hasn't been default in a long time (well before Feisty), so it's natural to assume he was speaking of ALSA.

And I'm not an Ubuntu dev, I just use a distro in development.

Yeah but you quoted me and I wasn't talking about devices, just applications. The original poster was talking about applications too. That's why I said he was getting alsa confused with oss.