Bug#600496: vlc: VLC seems to lock all alsa devices

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 18:28:11 (CEST), Henri wrote:
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> When I play a file with VLC and want to open another file while VLC is still
> running the sound of the new file refuses to play.

Does the problem still persist if you install pulseaudio and use vlc's
pulseaudio audio backend?

TBH, the behavior you describe seem sounds pretty much as expected to me.

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