On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 02:18:53PM +0100, Hannah Schroeter wrote: > Hi! > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 06:18:20PM +0100, Alexandre Ratchov wrote: > >yes i hope this will be possible. First we have to update all ports > >to use libsndio, because while aucat is running, programs trying to > >open directly /dev/audio will fail with "Device busy". > > Couldn't aucat free the sound device after some idle time (and re-open > when needed), just like esd or arts do it? Then it could co-habitate a > bit better with applications that do not use aucat.
+1 For example, xmms and aucat cannot be used together right now, which prevents me from testing aucat altogether (I need my sound card to play music, you know :) Converting all ports should be a long-term goal, but having a simple mechanism for cooperation between aucat and non-aucat apps would be very nice. There will likely always be new sound apps that get ported and initially lack a libsndio backend. Stefan
