[MPlayer-users] libSDL + ARTS detection.

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 07:13:34PM +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi!
> 
> >[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> >On Friday 13 December 2002 07:23, Jukka Tastula wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>>2) It's probably a good abstarct layer between apps and sound
> >>>hardware.
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>Sure, in a world where every app supports artsd.
> >>
> >
> >Well, I would like it to be such that I can watch a movie/DVD using 
> >MPlayer and hear a sound from my AIM app, a la Microsoft's DirectSound.  
> >Hell, in Windows, I can play a Ogg/MP3 in Winamp and still play Serious 
> >Sam with the music.
> >
> And what about arsdsp? It suites to most applications.
> 
> >>I've never understood why anyone would want the window manager (or
> >>such) to make sound anyway. Useless noise.
> >>   
> >>
> >On this I agree.  I have developed this kind phobia against the standard 
> >Windows startup sound.
> >
> Well...I hate startup/windows opening/closing/switching/etc. sounds. But 
> I like, when terminals beeps and other 'warnig/error' sound go to my 
> headphones,  instead of going to speaker and worrying all surrounding 
> people... I like to get all such sound from all programs during  all 
> time, not depending of is the re MPlayer/xmms running, or not.

Um, if the cables are connected properly inside your computer this
shouldn't be an issue. If not, unplug the speaker from the motherboard
and run a cable from the speaker terminal on the motherboard to the
pc-speaker input jack on the sound card.

Rich