The firefox problem is because alsa devices can only
be used by a single program at a time. One way round
this is using dmix, but that is not ideal. The best solution
perhaps is Jack or pulseaudio (this one is supported by the latest
CVS sources).

Victor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Fuller" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:37 AM
Subject: [Csnd] Re: meaning: "using blocking interface"


> Never mind about the "using blocking interface". I believe that's a
> message from portaudio (haven't looked into that for years -- I
> totally forgot about it.)
>
> Still, I wonder why rtaudio sometimes works and sometimes does not.
>
> I did find that sometimes some Firefox plugin  blocks alsa (I imagine
> mplayer or flash). When I close Firefox, sometimes that'll allow
> rtaudio to work. Sometimes it doesn't (probably depends on what state
> I left it in.)
>
> I've also noticed that if I have a .csoundrc that specifies rtaudio,
> it works fairly consistently
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Brad Fuller  
> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Brad Fuller  
>> wrote:
>>  > Hi all,
>>  >
>>  >  rtaudio seems finicky on my system, and I don't know why. Sometimes 
>> it
>>  >  works, sometimes not and I'm trying to track it down. First off, I'm
>>  >  wondering what this message means:
>>  >
>>  >  rtaudio: PortAudio module enabled ... using blocking interface
>>  >
>>  >  I searched for "using blocking interface" on the net and in the 5.08
>>  >  manual but found nothing. Is it important? If so, can someone point 
>> me
>>  >  in the right direction in the manual?
>>
>>  BTW: I have no .csoundrc and I'm on linux (gentoo)
>>
>>  brad
>>
>
>
>
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