Paolo,
On 2015-10-06 22:12, Paolo Bolzoni wrote:
> Sorry, my bad. I understood you needed to use a program that needed
> pulse audio without it; in this case apulse could help
>
> However, if your problem is allowing to use the sound output to
> multiple programs at the same time. I had a similar problem and I
> solved it using dmix.
>
> In my .asoundrc I had this pcm:
> pcm.PCH {
> type asym
> playback.pcm {
> type plug
> slave {
> pcm {
> type dmix
> ipc_key 9175930
> ipc_key_add_uid true
> slave {
> pcm "hw:PCH"
> }
> }
> }
> }
> capture.pcm "hw:PCH"
> }
I replaced my simple .asoundrc:
pcm.!default {
type hw
card 1
device 0
}
with yours but with no improvement (I even rebooted to be sure - I have
had so much problem with audio in the past):
- mplayer works fine in isolation
- YouTube works in isolation
- Mumble works in isolation
- If I have Mumble open, mplayer does not work
- If I have YT running, mplayer does not work
etc
It would be nice to pause whatever I am using ie NOT have to exit the
program, and use another audio app and then come back to where I left
off with the first app . .
Thanks,
Phil.
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Philip Rhoades <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> Paolo,
>>
>>
>> On 2015-10-06 21:34, Paolo Bolzoni wrote:
>>>
>>> It is meant to use skype without pulse audio, but it might help you?
>>> https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse
>>
>>
>>
>> I am not sure how Skype came into the discussion - I don't use it . .
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Philip Rhoades <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Chris,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2015-09-27 00:23, chris hermansen Sat wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil and list,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 26, 2015 03:21, "Philip Rhoades" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> People,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Years ago when I needed to simplify things to solve audio hardware
>>>>>> problems, I had to remove PA - and for every new version ever
>>>>>> since I
>>>>>> have automatically uninstalled it to continue to keep things as
>>>>>> simple
>>>>>> as possible - which generally works well for me. Mostly I play
>>>>>> audio
>>>>>> and video stuff from the CLI with mplayer but on odd occasions,
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> when I want to listen to a long audio book, it is more convenient
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> use
>>>>>> QuodLibet which remembers where I am up to on the MP3. However I
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> found that if I forget to exit QL, then mplayer does not work . .
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> guess there is no solution to having multiple players open at the
>>>>>> same
>>>>>> time - but not playing at the same time - and being able to switch
>>>>>> between them without reinstalling PA?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also quite frequently have problems with audio on Chrome...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil, my environment and use of it is somewhat different than
>>>>> yours.
>>>>>
>>>>> I use Ubuntu; leave Pulse in place; use the standard video
>>>>> application
>>>>> (totem, I think) for video and Guayadeque for audio rather than
>>>>> mplayer
>>>>> and
>>>>> QuodLibet, talking directly to Alsa and to an external DAC;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But I prefer the CLI . .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> use Firefox for
>>>>> the web in general and for YouTube and Vimeo (though not much) and
>>>>> use
>>>>> Chrome only for Netflix.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That doesn't really suit me . .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Given those differences, my experience with Pulse in the last
>>>>> several
>>>>> releases has been problem-free. In particular, no problems of the
>>>>> type
>>>>> you
>>>>> describe.
>>>>>
>>>>> So my advice to you would be to try Pulse out again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I should at least try reinstalling Pulse and see how it goes
>>>> but I
>>>> don't like that it introduces another layer of complexity when it
>>>> might
>>>> not be necessary . . I was hoping some ALSA guru here could tell me
>>>> how
>>>> to conveniently allow multiple sound sources without PA . .
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Phil.
>>>> --
>>>> Philip Rhoades
>>>>
>>>> PO Box 896
>>>> Cowra NSW 2794
>>>> Australia
>>>> E-mail: [email protected]
>>>>
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