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

[Michel Vollebregt]

Thanks a lot, the link indeed contained the information I needed.

Turned out I had to use the "default" device instead of "nVidia NForce 2".

Thanks again! I wouldn't have figured this out myself.

Jan Schampera schreef:
> 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
>