[Pianod] Sharing the audio card

[Andy Anderson]

Sorry, should have worked on int longer...  Alsa was not playing nice, 
for some reason I rebooted and it was fine.  Thanks to the devs, this is 
an awesome project!


On 03/11/2014 10:52 AM, Andy Anderson wrote:
> Hi folks, newbie, but loving pianod.  The only issues is I can't get 
> it to share with espeak.  Espeak gets run every now and again to make 
> announcements, however pianod has locked up the sound card so that 
> espeak errors when it tries to "talk".
>
> This is all running on a very exotic ubuntu 13.10 install, alsa, and a 
> AC 97 sound card.
>
> I tried searching the archives however I didn't see anything that 
> looked applicable, and I'll admit, I'm sound stupid. :)
>
> This is a great solution if we can make it work as the same script can 
> pause and play when I need the announcements more clear (it's a lap 
> counting system, and during a race we pause the music...)
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>

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Michael "Andy" Anderson
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