[arch-general] mplayer steals system sound

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2012-02-25 at 04:26 +0100, Thorsten wrote:
> jeremiah.dodds at gmail.com writes:
> 
> > Tom Gundersen <teg at jklm.no> writes:
> >
> >> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Thorsten
> >> <quintfall at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Are you using pulseaudio? If not, do that.

If somebody should install PA depends to the usage of the computer. It's
not wise to install it, just to get an issue regarding to a special
usage of mplayer fixed, if the computer e.g. is used for pro-audio.

- Ralf

> If you are, then make sure
> >> that alsa-plugins and pulseaudio-alsa are installed too.
> >>
> >> -t
> >
> > FWIW, I do not use pulse, and I have zero problems running mplayer and
> > getting sound from other apps at the same time.
> 
> 
> Hallo, 
> sorry for replying so terribly late, I was offline for a while. 
> Thanks for your tips, need to experiment a bit and will give feedback
> then.