Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-20 Thread Michael Trausch
Tested and verified w/ at least Rhythmbox and Banshee. Have offered a bounty for years for anyone who fox the bug. There are open, confirmed bugs in (at least) Launchpad going back quite some time, too. Happens regardless of hardware, but have had it happen on SB Live and several onboards. The

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-20 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Michael Trausch m...@trausch.us wrote: Tested and verified w/ at least Rhythmbox and Banshee. Have offered a bounty for years for anyone who fox the bug. There are open, confirmed bugs in (at least) Launchpad going back quite some time, too. Happens regardless

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-20 Thread m...@trausch.us
On 08/20/2012 02:19 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Michael Trausch m...@trausch.us wrote: Tested and verified w/ at least Rhythmbox and Banshee. Have offered a bounty for years for anyone who fox the bug. There are open, confirmed bugs in (at least) Launchpad

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-20 Thread m...@trausch.us
On 08/20/2012 02:19 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: And the players output to PulseAudio directly or through the ALSA emulation? In GNOME 2 you could configure GStreamer (which both Rhythmbox and Banshee use) to use PulseAudio as default sink, or using ALSA; but it PA is running, newer versions

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-20 Thread João Matos
To install pulseaudio was the best thing I did since I enabled vdpau suport. It is running great to my needs: I'm now able to use my bluetooth headset, my webcam mic, and the system is perfectly integrated. When I anwser a skype call, the amarok player pauses itself untill the call finish. Just

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-20 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:24 PM, João Matos jaon...@gmail.com wrote: To install pulseaudio was the best thing I did since I enabled vdpau suport. It is running great to my needs: I'm now able to use my bluetooth headset, my webcam mic, and the system is perfectly integrated. When I anwser a

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-20 Thread João Matos
2012/8/20 Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:24 PM, João Matos jaon...@gmail.com wrote: To install pulseaudio was the best thing I did since I enabled vdpau suport. It is running great to my needs: I'm now able to use my bluetooth headset, my webcam mic,

[gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-19 Thread João Matos
Hi list. The KDE phonon can't work properly when I plug a USB audio card (like a webcam with microphone) neither recognize my bluetooth headset. When I used to try to use my webcam microphone, phonon got lost every time I've reboot the system. It always asked me to forget the devices, as if

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-19 Thread Bill Kenworthy
If at all possible avoid it! I installed it awhile back for similar reasons ... I needed a BT headset that some programs could only use via pulse. Since then (and currently) audio only seems to work sporadicly with strange, and hard to trace problems - its reputation as a pita to work with is

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-19 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:11 PM, João Matos jaon...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list. The KDE phonon can't work properly when I plug a USB audio card (like a webcam with microphone) neither recognize my bluetooth headset. When I used to try to use my webcam microphone, phonon got lost every time

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-19 Thread Michael Trausch
PA works well with stereo-only outputs. That's most users. People such as myself, however, with 5.1 out, are perpetually disappointed and/or frustrated by the lack of the systems ability to work reliably. I constantly have problems playing music, because it reverts to stereo output every time it

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-19 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Michael Trausch m...@trausch.us wrote: PA works well with stereo-only outputs. That's most users. People such as myself, however, with 5.1 out, are perpetually disappointed and/or frustrated by the lack of the systems ability to work reliably. I constantly

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-19 Thread Michael Trausch
Yes. I have to change it to 4.1 and then back to 5.1 after every song finishes playing. It has been that way ever since the first time I encountered it in Ubuntu years back. On Aug 20, 2012 12:43 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Michael Trausch

Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

2012-08-19 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Michael Trausch m...@trausch.us wrote: Yes. I have to change it to 4.1 and then back to 5.1 after every song finishes playing. It has been that way ever since the first time I encountered it in Ubuntu years back. It has never done that to me. Which music