Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problems with slack and zoom: Was: ALSA wizard...
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:57 PM Michael wrote: > > > setup of pulseaudio is still sketchy, but it is encouraging. I don't > > know about apulse. I suppose its purpose is to use pure ALSA while > > tricking apps into believing they are interacting with pulseaudio? > > > > Yes. It is a solution for applications who have been coded to expect/use > pulse and are now run in a system without pulse installed. Good to know. I'll kep trying to tame pulseaudio, for now (one thing at a time!) Thanks Jorge
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problems with slack and zoom: Was: ALSA wizard...
On Tuesday, 28 April 2020 12:09:17 BST Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:32 AM Nuno Silva wrote: > > On 2020-04-26, Jorge Almeida wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 8:28 PM Jack wrote: > > >> On 2020.04.26 15:08, Jorge Almeida wrote: > > Any chance apulse works? > > > > I don't use slack, discord or zoom, but last time I used software that > > required pulseaudio (skype), apulse was enough. > > The problems with slack and zoom is that I can't emerge the latter, > due to the ebuild requiring borking qt stuff, so I can't even test it. > As for slack, the window is unresponsive, so no way to check sound. > Meanwhile, I managed to have discord working with pulseaudio. The > setup of pulseaudio is still sketchy, but it is encouraging. I don't > know about apulse. I suppose its purpose is to use pure ALSA while > tricking apps into believing they are interacting with pulseaudio? > > Jorge Almeida Yes. It is a solution for applications who have been coded to expect/use pulse and are now run in a system without pulse installed. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problems with slack and zoom: Was: ALSA wizard...
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:32 AM Nuno Silva wrote: > > On 2020-04-26, Jorge Almeida wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 8:28 PM Jack > > wrote: > >> > >> On 2020.04.26 15:08, Jorge Almeida wrote: > Any chance apulse works? > > I don't use slack, discord or zoom, but last time I used software that > required pulseaudio (skype), apulse was enough. > The problems with slack and zoom is that I can't emerge the latter, due to the ebuild requiring borking qt stuff, so I can't even test it. As for slack, the window is unresponsive, so no way to check sound. Meanwhile, I managed to have discord working with pulseaudio. The setup of pulseaudio is still sketchy, but it is encouraging. I don't know about apulse. I suppose its purpose is to use pure ALSA while tricking apps into believing they are interacting with pulseaudio? Jorge Almeida
[gentoo-user] Re: problems with slack and zoom: Was: ALSA wizard...
On 2020-04-26, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 8:28 PM Jack wrote: >> >> On 2020.04.26 15:08, Jorge Almeida wrote: >> [snip] > >> I run a mostly stable amd64 system with selected ~amd64 packages. I >> use both slack and zoom reasonably often, and have not had any install >> related problems. (I don't necessarily TRUST either of them, but my >> use of them is for a project with nothing particularly confidential of >> private.) I'd say if you care enough to bother - start a separate >> thread about why those two fail emerge for you. I seem to have >> recurring problems with audio and/or video, but I'm pretty sure that is >> hardware and/or system related - not due directly to either slack or >> zoom. >> > I'll see about pulseaudio first, and if discord doesn't work even so > I'll try that. Meanwhile, the ebuilds may change, or even go stable. Any chance apulse works? I don't use slack, discord or zoom, but last time I used software that required pulseaudio (skype), apulse was enough. -- Nuno Silva
