Uninstalling pulse is not an option for me. It's also easier to install the pulseaudio for vlc package as I described above.
So if packman is "broken", should I use the vlc repository instead? On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Hartmut <[email protected]> wrote: > Uninstall pulse without the two packages with dependencies and sound works. > > Spielmops > > Am 20.11.2012 21:25, schrieb Jonathan Fischer Friberg: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm sorry if this has been brought up before. :) >> >> So here's the deal: >> VLC (the package 'vlc') is missing the package 'vlc-aout-pulse' as >> dependency. >> >> 'vlc-aout-pulse' is pulseaudio audio out for vlc. >> Since opensuse uses pulseaudio by default, this is pretty bad. >> >> As I understand it, if 'vlc-aout-pulse' is not present. vlc uses >> alsa, which sends the sound to pulseaudio. >> Not only is this bad because of the extra steps, it leads >> to actual problems with the sound. >> The problem I had was sound that stopped working after un-pause. >> >> Bug which I got the info from: >> http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/**ticket/5043<http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/5043> >> >> Regards, >> Jonathan >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Packman mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.links2linux.de/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**packman<http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman> >> >> >> > -- > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------ > "Ich habe keine besondere Begabung, sondern bin nur leidenschaftlich > neugierig." (Einstein) > ______________________________**_________________ > Packman mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.links2linux.de/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**packman<http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman> > _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
