On 22/06/14 19:53, Mick wrote:
I was surprised to find that skype now has the pulseaudio flag set as a
default. Well, that didn't really surprise me, but what did is that after I
unset the pulseaudio flag and emerged skype-4.3.0.37, audio in skype no longer
works. :-/
The skype website says that alsa is no longer supported without pulseaudio in
their freshly cut Microsoft-owned code. Why is then the pulseaudio flag
provided in portage, if without audio skype would lose its core functionality
- i.e. making voice calls? I guess someone may only use it for IM chat, but
that I would think is an edge use case. Most people I know would use it for
voice and perhaps video calls.
For chat. Skype is the continuation of MSN/Messenger, so many people use
it for chat too.
In any case, should I install pulseaudio? So far I had not missed it in my
world to manage my audio needs. Looking at the wiki page:
http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PulseAudio
it seems awfully complicated to me, for something which for my purposes would
be just a new 'alsamixer'. :p
If *that* looks complicated to you, then I do have to ask: why on earth
are you using Gentoo? That guide is extremely easy to follow by any
average Gentooer.
