Greedy Sounds Applications

[Dubh Aingeal]

Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> wrote:
>   
>> I can't get output from more than one application at once.  That is, if
>>  I launch Rhythmbox it can make noise, but Youtube videos from Firefox
>>  can't.  Or, if I first play sound from Firefox, Rhythmbox cannot make
>>  any noise.  Rhythmbox *thinks* it is playing, but I don't hear anything.
>>     
> [...]
>
> First thing I would check: System->Preferences->Sound - the "Sounds
> Tab" - make sure "Enable software mixing" is checked.
>
> Chris
>
>   
I had a similar problem during the beta period. Once I switched the 
device settings away from PulseAudio back to the hardware (in my case 
Intel) I had no more issues with sound in one app only.