Re: [Alsa-user] SOT: xine using Alsa

[James Courtier-D. <Ja...@su...>]

Karsten Jeppesen wrote:

> Slightly Off Topic.....
>
> The traffic on the xine list is a bit slow, so I am going to see if I 
> can fix this problem myself, but I need a little Alsa assistance:
>
> My question is how you handle this situation:
> The menu system of a DVD is in 2.0 sound
> The movie itself is in 5.1 sound.
> Target is to be using 5.1 sound.
> I assume (not knowing) that 2.0 sound must be played as 2.0 sound.
>
> xine plays the 2.0 sound correctly but once the movie is about to 
> start xine croaks on the 5.1 sound. The error is that snd_pcm_open 
> fails with a "resource busy".
> If I remaster the DVD and remove the soundtrack from the menu, then 
> the 5.1 sound plays fine and correct.
> This smells of that the 2.0 sound is either not done playing, or the 
> 2.0 stream was not closed before the 5.1 is attempted to be opened.
> I simply don't know enough about the Alsa API.
>
> Enlightenment please :-)
>
> Karsten


Would you me able to create a very short DVD, e.g. 5 mins in order to 
demonstrate the problem, and then let me download it to have a look?

James