[PD] Ubuntu. PD, Pulseaudio problems

[Chris Wenn]

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 7:40 AM, <gnd at itchybit.org> wrote:

> hello,
>
> im using Ubuntu Jaunty and have problems with sound in PD 0.41.4-extended
> when using simultaneously Firefox and/or Audacious.
>
> If i start PD sooner then firefox and audacious, they dont make any sounds
> but sound in pd works ok. If i start PD later, firefox and audacious work
> fine, but sound in PD gets stuck with:
> snd_pcm_open (output): Device or resource busy (in the shell)
> audio I/O stuck... closing audio (in pd console)
>
> Both FF and Audacious are using the pulseaudio server. I tried to create a
> /etc/asound.conf, to create a new device:
>
> pcm.pulse {
>    type pulse
> }
> ctl.pulse {
>    type pulse
> }
> pcm.!default {
>    type pulse
> }
> ctl.!default {
>    type pulse
> }
>
> and use it with pd -alsa -alsaadd pulse, but the audio output in pd still
> doesnt work when running some other sound applications. When running pd
> alone like this, the sound is severely garbled and after a while it hangs
> the same...
>
> Is there some normal way how to handle this ? I mean it should not be a
> problem using several application at once but apparently pd has some
> problems with it..
>
> Thanks for any advices..
>
>
What about running PD + Audacious with their respective Jack plugins? You
wouldn't get sound from FF in that case, but both PD and Audacious would
output audio...
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