Re: [Alsa-user] Need basic assistance with onboard sound and multiple sound streams...

[Lee R. <rlr...@jo...>]

On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 15:05 -0400, Brian Keener wrote:
> I've used a SoundBlaster Live for a long time under linux.  Apparantly
> I've been spoiled by the SB Live's hardware mixing ability; I can't
> get the on-board Nforce3 (snd_intel8x0) to mix multiple sound streams.
> 
> What can I realistically expect from Alsa?  Can I expect to have gaim,
> XMMS, and VMWare all play sounds simultaneous to the onboard sound?

Should Just Work with a recent ALSA version, no .asoundrc and apps that
support ALSA natively and use the "default" device (not "hw:x").  If you
have apps that only speak OSS, you'll have problems.  You may be able to
run them under the aoss wrapper.

Lee