On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 07:02:40PM +0300, Marius Andreiana wrote: > Even more, logout and login as another user. /dev/dsp remains owned by > previous user, so it can't be used. If so please file a PAM bug. > What about including a good sound server and use it by default? I don't > know what's best, but Jack seems ok. > http://jackit.sourceforge.net/ > JACK is a low-latency audio server, written primarily for the GNU/Linux > operating system. It can connect a number of different applications to > an audio device, > as well as allowing them to share audio between themselves. MAS seems to be the project the X world like. Not currently sure how they compare. I'd note btw low-latency is only of the considerations, synchronization either via Xtest or another means is also important (a 2 second latency on my movie stream does not matter providing I can synchronize video and audio)