[ATrpms-users] Pulseaudio hit us

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Nov 15, 2007 5:25 PM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 03:36:04PM -0200, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > we have been hit by pulseaudio in F8. It is the default now for all
> users.
> >
> > This is controlled by this file, unless it is commented or moved to
> > ~/.asoundrc.
> >
> > /etc/alsa/pulse-default.conf
> >
> > There is a new gui (PulseAudio Volume Control)  that permits to control
> > several
> > audio applications at the same time and move the stream to any sound
> card
> > (if you have more than one) at run time.
> >
> > Anyway, despite of the fact whether one likes it or not, it is there,
> and
> > unless it is disabled, every sound application must have a pulse plugin
> to
> > be
> > properly integrated in the new environment.
>
> Doesn't it have an alsa compatibility layer?
>
> > I compiled xmms-pulse, which works just fine (audacious plugin stutters,
> > unfortunately).
> >
> >
> http://people.atrpms.net/~pcavalcanti/rpms/rpms8-x86_64/xmms-pulse-0.9.4-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm<http://people.atrpms.net/%7Epcavalcanti/rpms/rpms8-x86_64/xmms-pulse-0.9.4-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm>
> > <
> http://people.atrpms.net/%7Epcavalcanti/rpms/rpms8-x86_64/xmms-pulse-0.9.4-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm
> >
> >
> > However, mplayer and mythtv must be patched, by what I have read:
>
> mythtv has a patch in trunk (and the trunk packages) and perhaps it
> will be backported to 0.20.2.
>
> > http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup
> >
> > Question: does anyone have interest in getting the plugins for these two
> > applications?
> >
> > I rebuilt mplayer (it works), but I do not know if it worth the hassle
> of
> > uploading it and asking Axel to create another version.
>
> If it means that F8 users don't have sound otherwise then a new version is
> needed :)
>

No, Axel. mplayer works without the plugin.

The configuration file below turns all alsa applications pulse ready (via an
alsa compatibility layer).
It can be in /etc/alsa/pulse-default.conf, which I do not like, or better
yet, in ~/.asoundrc.

pcm.!default {
    type pulse
}

ctl.!default {
    type pulse
}

But if a person just want to use pulse with a few applications,  then it can
not be a global default,
and each one of these applications has to use its own pulse plugin.

I do not like global defaults, because sometimes I use jack, another sound
server.

For most people with a single sound card, and not willing to get sound
trough the network,
I think that pulse is completely unnecessary.


-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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