[Ekiga-list] Ekiga does not play sound when other applications already play sound, even with ALSA

[Jan Schampera]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 01:13:56 +0100 (CET)
klmn05d at xs4all.nl wrote:

> I'm using Ekiga for internet telephony. Everything works perfectly
> well, except that Ekiga refuses to play any sounds when another
> application is playing sound. This way, I won't be able to hear
> incoming calls when I'm playing music.
> 
> Other applications (e.g. Skype) do NOT have this problem. I am using
> the ALSA drivers.
> 
> Is this intended behaviour of Ekiga, or am I doing anything wrong?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> If anybody could answer any of the above questions I would be
> thankful! I AM already using ALSA instead of OSS.

This is not the intended behaviour for the ALSA backend, definitely.
Maybe
http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Getting_several_applications_using_the_sound_card_at_the_same_time_%3F
helps you.

Regards,
Jan

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