Bug/Problem with "device busy"

desputin

Hi,
I'm using strawberry with debian stable and an external USB audio device. So now when Firefox is running (no video turned on), I get this error message in strawberry:

../ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c(869): gst_alsasink_open (): /GstBin:audiobin/GstAlsaSink:pipeline-5-alsasink: Device 'hw:1,0' is busy

In the backend settings under "device" it is set to the usb audio device (not automatically select) and under "output" it is set to "Output to a sound card via ALSA" (in order to have the best possible audio quality)

So only if I close firefox, strawberry is working. but that is not a good solution...
Does anybody of you know a solution?

desputin

Ok, thank you jonaski for your reply on:
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/issues/1034

So pulse audio is blocking palyback. My solution:

I created two Desktop-Shortcuts with two scritps behind. Script one pulse-stop.sh:

#!/bin/bash
systemctl --user mask pulseaudio.socket
systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.service

And pulse-start.sh:

#!/bin/bash
systemctl --user unmask pulseaudio.socket
systemctl --user start pulseaudio.service

So when I want to play audio in Strawberry, I click the stop-pulse-button and when I'm finished, I press the start-pulse-button. Not perfect but works

strawb321

Thanks very much for the follow up.

Do you know if it's the same syntax for pipewire?

#!/bin/bash
systemctl --user mask pipewire.socket
systemctl --user stop pipewire.service

desputin

@strawb321 said in Bug/Problem with "device busy":

pipewire

Not sure, maybe look here:
https://wiki.debian.org/PipeWire

desputin

Hi, now I tried to activate Pulse and then choose "Output to a sound card via ALSA" in Strawberry and under "Device": "Automatically select" instead of the name of my sound card.

Now audio seems to work simultaniously in firefox and strawberry.

But pulse is active. Is that a problem for sound quality despite the fact that I have chosen "Output.... ALSA" in Strawberry?