Re: [tlug] Multiple audio programs outputing audio simultaneously to one audio device . . . . . . . . . . . (was Re: Multiple players at same instance.)

["Narendra Prabhu. B" <narendra.prabhu@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:
> On 17/08/06, Jim <jep200404@example.com> wrote:
>
>   
> > It is not just you. ALSA _is_ hard to install.
> >     
> This was a true statement in the 2.4 kernel days, but I find it pretty
> trivial to get ALSA installed and configured with the 2.6 kernel.
>
> sudo emerge -av alsa-lib alsa-tools alsa-utils
> :)
>   
Thank you all for the suggestions.

I had to move to ALSA. One of the reasons for wanting to play multiple 
audio  programs was to be able to play a song (audio #1) and metronome 
(audio 2) together. Gtick, the program that I use for metronome, expects 
me to give a device file for audio output. Neither ESD nor ARTS works 
for this situation.
I installed ALSA and oss-emulation. Things started working fine. Apart 
from /dev/snd/* files, there /dev/dsp[0-3] files too. I started putting 
the configuration for in the bootup sequence, modules, aliases, etc.  
After reboot(s), I don't see the /dev/dsp[0-3] files. I repeated the 
whole sequence manually, but still don't see those files. Any ideas, 
what I might be missing out?
Naren.