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Agent007:
hi all,

When playnig mp3's in KDE, XMMS uses the aRts plugin for output, the other plugins like OSS and eSound do not work here (in KDE)...However when I installed Window Maker (WM), the aRts    plugin refused to work, there was no sound at all,  but the other plugins like OSS and eSound worked....

How can this be possible?  Could someone pls explain as to why aRts works in KDE and not in Window Maker?

thanks!
007

Master of Reality:
you have to turn off the arts server. Wehn Artsd is running the only way seomthing can produce sound is through artsd.

turn off artsd in the conrtol center under soundserver. Then you will be able to run things stright to /dev/dsp (OSS driver).

artsd is part of KDE so it doesnt start with any other GUI.

DC:

quote:Originally posted by The Master of Reality / B0B:
you have to turn off the arts server. Wehn Artsd is running the only way seomthing can produce sound is through artsd.

turn off artsd in the conrtol center under soundserver. Then you will be able to run things stright to /dev/dsp (OSS driver).

artsd is part of KDE so it doesnt start with any other GUI.
--- End quote ---

Not true, or at least not allways (or I must be deaf - I AM running the arts deamon after all, and XMMS is happily using OSS. I'm sure I hear stuff).

Artsd is used by a lot of KDE apps, so turning it off (in kde) would usually be bad if you like that stuff.
But under other WM's artsd won't start automatically. I guess starting it by hand *should* work (though I can't be bothered to go check it right now). I'd use OSS under WM though

voidmain:
There is a KDE setting where you can tell artsd to automatically start when a sound app needs it and then exit after like a minute of inactivity (I believe this is the default setting). So it will not be locking up your sound device when non-arts-aware apps try to use it.

And I believe on newer distributions and kernel versions several sound devices are configured on sound cards that are capable of it. I believe in this case even if a daemon has a lock on one device other apps can use the other devices and have the ability to play more than one sound at a time from more than one app.

I might be talking out my arse here but I believe I had read that somewhere.

[ November 28, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

Master of Reality:
i dunno... i just know xmmms goes staticy when any other app plays a sound through artsd when its using it on my computer(rh8). And soundservers supposedly suck ass for games to play through.

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