[Bug 10031] New: Steams blocks all other OSS sound

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10031

Summary: Steams blocks all other OSS sound
           Product: Wine
           Version: 0.9.46.
          Platform: PC-x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-programs
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

When you launch a game through steam with the OSS driver, you won't hear
anything because steam is using the OSS driver and blocks it for everything
else...

So... That needs to be fixed :)

[Bug 10031] Steams blocks all other OSS sound

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10031

Stefan Dösinger  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Stefan Dösinger   2007-10-14 10:42:02 ---
I am not the sound expert, but I am afraid that this isn't fixable with oss, it
needs alsa.

Steam holds the sound device opened, and the game tries to use it too. No
problem on Windows, no problem on Alsa. But OSS allows only one app to open it,
unless you install some additional software mixer or you have harware mixing
support. On Alsa dmix is used for that by default.

You should really use Alsa nowadays on Wine, the Alsa backend improved a lot in
the last months.

[Bug 10031] Steams blocks all other OSS sound

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10031

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

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         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #2 from Vitaliy Margolen   2007-10-14 12:35:59 ---
That is what steam does. And we can't do anything about. Wine have no control
over what Steam wants to do. Nor can we do anything about your sound
drivers/hardware that do not support HW mixing.

In other other words - invalid. Not a Wine bug.

[Bug 10031] Steams blocks all other OSS sound

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10031

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Vitaliy Margolen   2007-10-14 12:36:33 ---
Closing invalid. If you want that do be fixed - ask Valve to fix Steam.