Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:11:54 +0200 From: Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org> To: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any issue having multiple sound cards running at the same time in 6.1? Message-ID: <44F5E2FA.4010202@orchid.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20060830123523.N9159@bravo.pjkh.com> References: <20060829180800.C70930@bravo.pjkh.com> <44fyfe9rxb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20060830123523.N9159@bravo.pjkh.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigB56A1180AE39806D6053343E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 30/08/2006 19:35, Philip Hallstrom wrote: >>> I've got a freebsd server in the garage that has a low end >>> soundblaster (I think) card in it that I've been using to play music.= >>> Works just fine. We moved and now I'd like to be able to have >>> different music play in different rooms (living, family, and outside)= =2E >>> I can do all the other wiring for speakers... >>> >>> But was wondering if there are any problems having three sound cards >>> in the box and have them all work at the same time. I'm currently >>> using flac123 to play music and would probably continue to do so... >>> >>> Thoughts? >> >> In principle, there's no problem. But most software will only drive >> one audio device at a time. Also, note that running long cables at >> fairly low signal levels can degrade the audio quality... >=20 > Good points... but no reason I couldn't run three flac123 processes and= > point each to their own /dev/ entry...? I'm using two sound cards all the time. One (Audigy, PCI) to make noise in my room (music/tv/etc), and the second (nVidia, onboard) to make calls with skype or listen to music late at night. I don't know about flac123 - have a look at it's manpage - but at least with xmms, mplayer and skype (that's what I've got here) you can change output /dev/dsp device to whichever you like. HTH, Karol --=20 Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org> OpenPGP: http://www.orchid.homeunix.org/carlos/gpg/0x06E09309.asc --------------enigB56A1180AE39806D6053343E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE9eL6ezeoPAwGIYsRCO6uAJ90gofWvndNGIY7p0SXWE4sSaHXigCfQDjd CjlGuSHJHa5otyH0HHFisxA= =KFMd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigB56A1180AE39806D6053343E--
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