[MPlayer-users] Using USB and C-media sound devices at the same time

[Stefan Lange]

greensh at sys.net wrote:

>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>I have installed on my computer the Harmon Kardon Soundsticks (USB sound)
>and mymotherboard has the C-media chip built-on. Both sound devices work fine
>with mplayerwhen specified correctly; for example;
>
>mplayer -ao oss:/dev/audio ...
>mplayer -ao oss:/dev/dsp1 ...
>
>My question is how do I use them both at the same time so I can have 4ch
>stereo sound?
>
I don't think that's possible, but you might want to check the exact 
type of your CMedia-onboard device. If it's a CM-8738 (quite a few 
motherboards have that one) it shoud be able to handle 6 channels, 
provided you've got the necessary jacks on your board.

>My gut feeling is that since KDE uses ARTS, then maybe I can try -ao arts
>as long asKDE will use both mixers at the same time. But shouldn't there just be a
>switch forMPlayer that allows playing on two sound devices?
>
>Both mixers show on the KDE panel and function correctly now, so I can
>play MP3'susing XMMS while at the same time MPlayer will play a movie on the other
>sound card.
>Thanks,
>Shaun
>greensh at sys.net
>
>
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