Teamspeak2 + Steam?

[Arainach]

Has anyone got this working? Steam works fine alone for me. Teamspeak2 client works fine alone for me. But when the TS2 Client is running and I start Steam, I get no sound whatsoever in steam. I setup dmix and dsnoop, tried setting Cedega's default to alsa instead of OSS, but nothing has worked. This is my .asoundrc (Stolen from another Forum member who said that he had TS and dmix working). Any tips:

Also, dmix works great as long as I use ALSA apps only (for instance, I had to manually set the GAIM command to aplay %s and use the XMMS ALSA plugin). Any tips on getting it working with OSS apps (like TS)?

[gflash]

The problem is that Teamspeak does only support OSS, and if you run TS, one dsp-device is blocked. And if you have a cheap Sondcard like the AC97, there is afaik no workaround or solution for this problem. If you have a slightly better soundcard, this howto may help you:

http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=34

The best choice ist buying a soundcard wich supports hardwaremixing. In my old box i had a Soundblaster Player! 1024 and no Problems with running more than one sond-playing application at the same time. I even did not need arts, dmix or whatever, it simply worked. My new one is a Notebook with an AC97, and it sucks.

I really hope, TS3 will support ALSA.... The Ventrilo Guy are working on a Linux client, too, btw.

[Arainach]

So..... Essentially because my onboard sound (AC97) sucks, I should get a better card. Should most PCI cards have hardware mixing? I have access to a pile of old PCI Sound Blaster 1024s. I don't really have the cash right now to run out and buy an Audigy 2 ZS (although it has now popped to the top of my list, even above another 512MB of RAM), so any suggestions for the interim? Also, what cards out there have Hardware Mixing? I know that the Audigy and newer do, but does the SB Live? How about older Creative cards?
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[revertex]

i've a audigy soundcard, running alsa (oss emulation) and have exactly the same problem trying to run enemy territory & TeamSpeak2.
i don't think your soundcard sucks, because a friend mine can run enemy territory & TeamSpeak2 in windowze with the same onboard soundcard as yours, maybe linux sucks, not the soundcard.
i suspect my problem is between the keyboard and the chair as usual.

[John5788]

emu10k1 card can be bought for ~$30 or so with hardware mixing. sb live 5.1 i think
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[MadDogE134]

i had the same problem with my old soundblaster 16 pci... and now have an original Audigy but have not tested it with game and TS going.

from what i have read on the net... many have been forced to get a second sound card... one to run game sound and the other to run TS.

i think it is an ALSA/OSS problem... not linux per sey.

although many games do not give you the option for switching sound ( they use default ) Teamspeak does allow you to choose seperate sound cards.

so try a cheapy off that pile of soundblasters and see if that works for you
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[Arainach]

Worked Flawlessly on my Audigy2 ZS. Only problem was that you had to connect to TS before starting Steam, otherwise Steam would steal the Mic port and TS wouldn't work. If you start TS first, you have no Ingame Voice, but you can talk on TS and hear TS and the game perfect.
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[John5788]