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 <p...@pricom.com.au> 
> 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 <p...@pricom.com.au>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Chris,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2015-09-27 00:23, chris hermansen Sat wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Phil and list,
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 26, 2015 03:21, "Philip Rhoades" <p...@pricom.com.au> 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:  p...@pricom.com.au
>>>> 
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>> 
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