Can I mix more sources when oss device is taken ?

["Robert Rozman" <rozman@fri.uni-lj.si>]

Hi,

I'm using mythtv (great PVR gui app) and currently it seems like it's native
alsa support is broken (oss works ok). So I have to give up dmix access and
get exclusive access to sound device to mythtv only (through oss emulation
on dev/dsp).

But since I'd love to be able to access sound device also from other apps
(for speech synthesis, messages):
- I wonder if there is possibility to somehow mix other sounds coming from
dmix or native alsa interfaces to oss one
- how to easily check if oss device is taken (possibly with some CLI tool) ?
- are there any other possibilities for workaround ?

Thanks in advance,

Robert.



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