Re: [Alsa-user] Stub for libpulse
> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 12:36:46 +0100 > From: Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> > To: alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Alsa-user] Stub for libpulse > > > > Hi. > > It seems that the Mozilla people have had the brilliant idea, starting ^ > with Firefox 52, to disable ALSA by default and only support PULSE. > Apparently, they intend to remove the support for raw ALSA completely. > > Well, I do not want the PULSE server anywhere near my systems, and I > believe many people here think the same. > > Does anyone know of a libpulse stub that provides the basic API but > routes all the calls directly to libasound / ALSA? > > I have found this project: > https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse > but it seems unable to get something as simple as ogg123 working. > > Regards, > With due respect, I think you misspelled "terrible". :-/ Thanks for the pointer to apulse. I'll keep that around. Have you considered using Firefox-ESR instead of plain Firefox? Debian 7/Wheezy currently has Firefox-ESR 45.8.0. One nice thing about ESR is the UI doesn't get scrambled on a weekly basis, so dialog buttons don't exchange positions on a whim. Have you considered this might signal it's time to use a different browser? You're definitely _NOT_ alone in not wanting Pulse. (Also, please don't get me started on systemd. :-( In reality, Firefox support for plain ALSA has been buggy for some time. With the "Firefox Hello" thing they had a year or so ago and apparently dropped, it simply did not work with a .asoundrc file if the file's contents were not tremendously simple and stated in precisely the syntax Firefox wanted. Also, I have a thin/zero-client setup at home, with .asoundrc tailored to push sound to the appropriate audio device for each session. Quite often, Firefox misdirects the sound from my wife's browser session to my monitor. That and a few other things are raising my level of unhappiness toward Firefox, approaching the threshold to look for a different browser. Thanks. -- Robert Riches spamtra...@jacob21819.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.) -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Stub for libpulse
On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:42:56 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:36:20 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: >>Thanks for the info. I tested with ogg123 because I did not want to >>upgrade Firefox before being sure to have a solution. Strangely >>enough, it works with Firefox indeed (tested with "Für Elise" from >>Wikipedia rather than youtube, but that should not make any >>difference). Good news. > >I thought you already played the ogg with Firefox. Good to hear that it >works for you with at least YouTube, too. Wiki :) -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Stub for libpulse
On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:36:20 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: >Thanks for the info. I tested with ogg123 because I did not want to >upgrade Firefox before being sure to have a solution. Strangely enough, >it works with Firefox indeed (tested with "Für Elise" from Wikipedia >rather than youtube, but that should not make any difference). Good >news. I thought you already played the ogg with Firefox. Good to hear that it works for you with at least YouTube, too. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Stub for libpulse
Le nonidi 29 ventôse, an CCXXV, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : > Worked for me with Firefox 52.0 when at least making a test with > YouTube. Does it work for you with YouTube? > > $ pacman -Q apulse-git > apulse-git 0.1.7_13_gf445ae7-1 > > I can't test ogg at the moment, since I now have Firefox with alsa > enabled installed. Thanks for the info. I tested with ogg123 because I did not want to upgrade Firefox before being sure to have a solution. Strangely enough, it works with Firefox indeed (tested with "Für Elise" from Wikipedia rather than youtube, but that should not make any difference). Good news. Regards, -- Nicolas George -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Stub for libpulse
On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 12:36:46 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: >I have found this project: >https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse >but it seems unable to get something as simple as ogg123 working. Worked for me with Firefox 52.0 when at least making a test with YouTube. Does it work for you with YouTube? $ pacman -Q apulse-git apulse-git 0.1.7_13_gf445ae7-1 I can't test ogg at the moment, since I now have Firefox with alsa enabled installed. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
[Alsa-user] Stub for libpulse
Hi. It seems that the Mozilla people have had the brilliant idea, starting with Firefox 52, to disable ALSA by default and only support PULSE. Apparently, they intend to remove the support for raw ALSA completely. Well, I do not want the PULSE server anywhere near my systems, and I believe many people here think the same. Does anyone know of a libpulse stub that provides the basic API but routes all the calls directly to libasound / ALSA? I have found this project: https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse but it seems unable to get something as simple as ogg123 working. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
