Re: [ecasound] dsp busy!

Hi,

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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Frank wrote:
> ecasound -b:256 -r -a:1 -i base.mp3 -o /dev/dsp -a:2 -i /dev/dsp -o
> new_track.wav
[...]
> but it seems I'm not able to open the dsp device in duplex. If I try just
> to play a file i have no problem but in this case the /dev/dsp device
> remain locked and I don't understand how to unlock it. I'm forced to
> reboot the system.
> The /dev/dsp remain busy.
> I also try to use the other dsp* devices but they are unavailable.

Your soundcard probably do not support full-duplex operation.
I recommend switching to ALSA drivers. See www.alsa-project.org.
ALSA comes by default on some distros (SuSE, Fedora FC3, recent Mandrake,
etc), but on others you need to install it by yourself.

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