Re: play-sound-file & esd

[Jan Djärv]

Richard Stallman skrev:
>     if esd just happens not to be running at the moment, then esdplay will
>     just hang.  i.e., before running esdplay, one has to ensure that esd is
>     up and running (and is in a workable state).
>
> I don't recall if we ever reached a firm conclusion about whether
> Emacs needs to know how to talk to esd.  Some argued that, with recent
> ALSA, Emacs should work fine without knowing about esd.
> Is that a clear consensus?

I only know that ALSA drivers allows multiple opens of the sound device, and 
for a similar problem regarding Realplayer and esd the suggested solution it 
to switch to ALSA drivers.  But Sam must himself confirm that it indeed solves 
his problem.

        Jan D.