> Hi all,
> I was using xmms with no problems until I installed mplayer (witch is
> not working yet, that will be asked about later) and now I'm getting an
> error saying "check that no other program is blocking sound card". Is
> there a config file I can set up? or do I need to uninstall mplayer?
This is because you probably have a cheap soundcard which does not support
multiple streams. Tell us your soundcard and we will have a better idea.
cat /etc/modules.conf
lsmod
> I
> would like to have a couple of media programs I can run on my machine.
Thats not an issue, but if you want to run several simultaenously then you
will need a better card. An SBLIVE! can run 64 simultaenously with no
sound loss.
> Thanks in advance.
> Les
Regards
Conor.
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