[+PLUS] Problem in accessing /dev/dsp

[Santhosh Thottingal]

Hi all,

            For  my project, I want to access the sound device to play a
sound file. Code is written in C like this

            fd = open("/dev/dsp", O_RDWR);

             if (fd < 0) {

                        perror("open of /dev/dsp failed");

            exit(1);

            }

             The problem I am experiencing here is, if artsd (or any sound
system) is holding this device I cannot use /dev/dsp. And I cannot guess the
sound system running on the machine this program is going to run. If I kill
artsd using kill -9 command, this will work.  Can you people suggest a
method to play PCM encoded sound using C code, irrespective of the sound
driver/device in all target machines(Linux)?

Thanks in advance..

Santhosh
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