[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #4222: Update MythMusic to continue playing in the background after exiting it.

[Isaac Richards]

> Paul Harrison wrote:
> > Mark Buechler wrote:
> > I rather like the idea of being able to watch TV while listening to
> > music.
>
> The initial version wont allow you to do that. It will just stop the
> music player when playback starts and resume again when it stops. I did
> do a little testing to see what would happen if I left the music playing
> and started a recording playing and I ended up with both playing at the
> same time. Changing the volume or muting TV also changed the music audio
> though. Comment 12 from Matt on ticket #4222 seems to suggest that some
> people will have problems if the music player is left running when
> livetv/recording playback is started (probably depends on what sound
> system is being used) so for now the music player will be stopped and
> the audio output is released so as to not cause any conflicts.

Having both play would depend on a combination of audio driver + card 
capabilities.  That's one of the reasons I never added UI sounds, too.  We'd 
need a software mixer in the audio output class/etc..

Nice patch, btw. =)

Isaac