[SOLVED] midi and audio playback interfere with each other?

Hi, thanks for reading...
I've recently installed tux guitar and have been trying to use it together with an audio player (vlc player).  However I am only able to get one of these applications generating sound at any one time.
If I load up a tab file and play it (using midi) from tuxguitar I find I am no longer able to play audio files in vlc player or rhythmbox. 
After quiting tux guitar I can play audio again.  But I can never get them both to work at the same time.  (Really I just want to switch between applications without having to quit one to use the other.)
Any advice on how to start debugging this would be greately appreciated. 
Last edited by drandre (2010-01-04 21:32:48)

brebs wrote:You're probably playing audio through ALSA's emulation of OSS, which means that dmix won't work. You need to output to *ALSA*.
I just tested it out myself. First, I experienced the same problem that you did. Mplayer wasn't able to play any audio because is said the sound device was locked or in use or something silly. In Tux Guitar, I disabled the JACK and OSS plugins (and a lot of other plugins) and changed the sound settings to "TuxGuitar Sequencer" and MIDI Port "TiMidity port 0 [128:0]. (I have timidity setup as my MIDI "hardware", like it is described in the Arch wiki) After that (and rebooting), I was able to play a TAB file and an MP3 in mplayer at the same time.
Let me know if you have any questions about what I did.
DISCLAIMER: This was a simple test. I don't use (or know how to use) Tux Guitar.

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