manza7 Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 I have a Linux server sitting in a network closet but from time to time would like to be able to view some video without sound, I installed real player 8 but it came up with "cannot open audio device, another application may be using it" and will not play clip. I don't need sound, how can I get around this? I think I have a CL Sound Blaster AudioPCI 128 but cannot verify since this system is a server and I cannot shut down to open up and find out, but I know for sure there is a sound card in there. Please help. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 I'm guessing you use KDE? If so its not a problem with the sound card, but with the way your system is set up. KDE has a sound deamon called arts which is meant to allow multiple apps to use the card at once. The problem is that non-arts apps sometimes have prblems using the sound card while arts is running. There is a link on another thread (search for realplayer) that takes you to a version of Realplayer that supposedly is not affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 lspci should tell you what the soundchip is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manza7 Posted October 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 I am actually using gnome and from MCC I found out that the audio is a ADI SoundMax chipset AC'97 Audio Controller How do I stop arts? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Gnome doesn't use arts, but I think it has a program which does the same job. I'd suggest testing that this is actaully the problem first. Try logging into IceWM instead of Gnome and try running RealPlayer from a terminal. If it works then it would seem you've found your problem. I don't use Gnome but I'm guessing that the sound controls can be found in the Gnome config program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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