On Sun, 2010-05-23 at 09:51 -0400, Daniel Chen wrote: > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Sean McNamara <smcnam at gmail.com> wrote: > > The reason your PulseAudio apps don't work while snd-pcm-oss is > > playing audio is because ALSA, at the low level, can only play sound > > from one app at a time. > > For clarification, below the alsa-lib level, the ability to play > simultaneous PCM streams is hardware-dependent. Certain controllers > can do so, e.g., EMU10k1, CS46XX, limited number of HDA. > > Best, > -Dan I was also under the impression (I think based on something Lennart said) that the more modern a card is the less likely it is to have hardware-mixing. Not that I know first-hand, this is hearsay.
