Re: [Banshee-List] [Bulk] Re: feature request

[spud <lindyuser yahoo com au>]

thanks michael,
i tried the solution but banshee still won't open two instances.

spud@spudzilla:~$ gksudo -u preview banshee
[Info  07:45:04.898] Running Banshee 1.8.1: [Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 
(linux-gnu, x86_64) @ 2011-01-29 19:37:40 UTC]
No protocol specified
(Banshee:26253): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0


On 06/02/11 05:59, Michael.S.G. wrote:
> You could create a new user and run as the second users creditials.
> Then under Pulse Audio options sink one Banshee instance to the second 
> audio output.
> (I'm pretty sure you can direct app's audio to different hardware with 
> pulse audio - Not sure how though).
>
> 1st, Add user 'preview'
>     sudo adduser preview
>
>
> 2nd, Run Banshee as 'preview'
>     gksudo -u preview banshee
>
>
> 3rd, Fiddle with Pulse audio to sink banshee outputs to different 
> hardware.
>     (You may need to install various pulse audio tools.....?)
>
>
>
> Oz.
>
>
> On 06/02/11 03:23, lindyuser wrote:
> > g'day,
> > i would like to be able to run two instances of banshee and have them 
> > show
> > up as two separate audio devices.  this is so i can preview track's 
> > through
> > headphones and run the other instance through a usb sound-card and then
> > through a PA. i could then use banshee for some light dj-ing.
> >
> > is this possible or even already possible?
>
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