[Solved] Multiple sounds at the same time

Hello!
I've just received my new Creative X-Fi Titanium since I was in need of an optical in socket and have spent a while trying to get it to work to my liking.
I read through the ALSA wiki, read countless posts on the forums such as this one http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=702994, tried several .asoundrc files and of course read the related arch wiki pages without much success.
Everything is upmixed properly to 5.1 output but I still can't play two sounds at once - with one odd exception:
When I have mpd playing and start a youtube video, sound will play but it will only output through the 2 front speakers and I can pause and unpause mpd normally, sound will return.
When I pause mpd and play a youtube video, it gets upmixed properly but mpd returns "error: problems opening sound device".
Mplayer returns [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1291:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: Invalid argument and [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:1060:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave.
Heroes of Newerth returns the same: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1060:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave.
fuser -v /dev/snd/*
/dev/snd/controlC0: eyescream 27612 F.... Steam.exe
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: eyescream 27612 F...m Steam.exe
fuser -v /dev/dsp*
zsh: no matches found: /dev/dsp*
cat .asoundrc
pcm.snd_card {
type hw
card 0 # change to your cards number or name
# 6 channel dmix:
pcm.dmix6 {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
ipc_key_add_uid false
ipc_perm 0666
slave {
pcm "hw:0,0"
rate 48000
format "S32_LE"
channels 6
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_time 0
buffer_size 8192
# upmixing:
pcm.ch51dup {
type route
slave.pcm dmix6
slave.channels 6
ttable.0.0 1
ttable.1.1 1
ttable.0.2 0.6
ttable.1.3 0.6
ttable.0.4 0.5
ttable.1.4 0.5
ttable.0.5 0.5
ttable.1.5 0.5
pcm.duplex {
type asym
playback.pcm "ch51dup" # upmix first
capture.pcm "hw:0"
# change default device:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "duplex"
# for aoss
#pcm.dsp "duplex"
#pcm.dsp1 "duplex"
If anyone could hint me in the right direction as to how I could get it to work properly or provide me with a working .asoundrc, I'd appreciate it!
Last edited by eyescream (2010-02-25 19:30:30)

eyescream wrote:I can have sound in mpd and mplayer at the same time now
Good. So file the damned bug report against mpd. Right now would be a good time.
eyescream wrote:but flash completely blocks sound off for other things.
See thread. Prove to me that flash/firefox is blocking:
fuser -v /dev/snd/* /dev/dsp*
eyescream wrote:The problem now is that mpd only outputs through my front speakers, so it isn't being upmixed anymore.
Forget about upmixing for the moment, until you've got the ALSA/OSS conflict solved.
Edit: Use e.g.:
audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "Sound Card"
options "dev=dmixer"
device "headphones"
In /etc/mpd.conf or ~/.mpdconf, where the device string matches an ALSA pcm entry.
eyescream wrote:What do you mean by not renaming "default" exactly?
This, of course, from your own ~/.asoundrc
# change default device:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "duplex"
Comment that section out, for the time being.
Last edited by brebs (2010-02-25 02:43:54)

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