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Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by KindledSpirit, Jun 13, 2005.

  1. KindledSpirit Newcomer, in training Posts: 25

    I have just installed a Fedora rpm xmms package (rpm) onto a Redhad Enterprise 4 OS. and when i run the standard version of gaim that comes with RH and XMMS together I loose sound on gaim, untill i close xmms then all the sounds played come through in order....
    KindledSpirit, Jun 13, 2005
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  2. Nodsu Newcomer, in training Posts: 9,431

    You set XMMS to use the raw sound device as its output (OSS or ALSA). This means that when you run XMMS it will grab the soundcard to itself and will not let any other sounds through.

    If you want to play sounds from many programs then you have to use a sound server like arts or esound.
    Nodsu, Jun 14, 2005
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  3. Spike Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,371

    Ah! That may possibly explain the no sound issue I had some time ago. :)
    Spike, Jun 14, 2005
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  4. KindledSpirit Newcomer, in training Posts: 25

    I apprently have Arts on my machine due to KDE doest hat mean that it will only run in the KDE enviroment?

    if not then it's not working somehow because i looked at the plugins for output in XMMS and i found the OSS driver 1.2.2 and something about re-writing. But i didn't find anything to do with arts.
    KindledSpirit, Jun 14, 2005
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  5. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,946   +120

    I had the same problem a while back and had to do the same thing to fix it KS.
    LNCPapa, Jun 14, 2005
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  6. Nodsu Newcomer, in training Posts: 9,431

    You can download the arts output plugin from the XMMS homepage and there are esound plugins available too.

    No, you don't have to run KDE to use the arts daemon.
    Nodsu, Jun 15, 2005
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