[MPlayer-users] audio - video synchronization

[D Richard Felker III]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 11:49:34PM +0200, Sebastian Krämer wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 April 2005 23:05, CrimeDog wrote:
> > Dnia 12-04-2005, wto o godzinie 22:28 +0200, Sebastian Krämer
> >
> > napisa?(a):
> > > On Tuesday 12 April 2005 21:44, amber wrote:
> > > > > No. Both arts and esound suck when it comes to playing movies.
> > > >
> > > > yep. but this is exactly when i need them: i want to hear kadu [1]
> > > > rings while watching movie fullscreen.
> > >
> > > Use alsa's dmix and you won't have to mind arts/dmix issues again..
> >
> > I have alsa dmix, but this is not as good as it should. 
> 
> Yes, I also suffered pain to get it working :(
> I'm a real fan of linux and I'd never switch back from my beloved gentoo, 
> but.. your point stands, windows makes many things 'just work'. (off topic: 
> At last this is also because good drivers and support are driven for win, 
> while oss people have to figure out a way to make things work themselfs :-/ )
> 
> I don't know what hardware you're using, but I guess - as many people suffer 
> from it - there may be explicit help for your sound chip/card. Make dmix 
> work, it's worth the effort!

dmix is an evil hack, don't bother with it...
really, i can't grasp why on earth people would want to be bothered
with other apps making sounds while they're trying to watch a movie or
listen to music. didn't you abandon windows for a reason?!?

rich