[ILUG] Blocking soundcard

[kae verens]

Conor Wynne wrote:

>>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.
>  
>

The problem may be that your programs are trying to access the soundcard
directly, and there are too few channels available (as Conor says).
  You should be able to fix this by installing a software mixer (Arts,
for example), and running the programs through that. You may need to
recompile your media programs to take advantage of it, but if they're
installed with RPMs, it may be just a matter of changing the .conf files.

Kae