[kde-linux] Phonon: Simultaneous sound problem

[Rex Dieter]

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Daniel_Fran=E7a?= wrote:

> Hello, I'm using Slackware 12.1 + KDE 4.1
> I'm getting problems with the simultaneous sound of applications that use
> Phonon. Ex: If I run 2 applications that don't use Phonon like Audacious
> and VLC, the sound works fine. but if I run application that use Phonon
> like Amarok2 and SmPlayer, then the sound works only in the first
> application that I opened.

phonon doesn't solve this problem (unless you're using the same backend for *every* app).

This is an area where something like pulseaudio can help solve.

-- Rex