Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
2012/8/20 Canek Peláez Valdés > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:24 PM, João Matos wrote: > > To install pulseaudio was the best thing I did since I enabled vdpau > suport. > > > > It is running great to my needs: I'm now able to use my bluetooth > headset, > > my webcam mic, and the system is perfectly integrated. When I anwser a > skype > > call, the amarok player pauses itself untill the call finish. > > > > Just skype can't use the headset, but I'll work on it later. > > It's easy: go to Skype preferences, select Sound Devices, and set > "PulseAudio server (local)" for microphone, speakers and ringing. Now > emerge media-sound/pavucontrol, and run pavucontrol. With Skype > running (and in the middle of a test call, for example, so it uses the > soundcard), in the Playback tab of pavucontrol select the BT headset > for the Skype application. Done; this is how I did it in my laptop > right now: > Now, everything is the way I wanted! :) thank u -- João de Matos Linux User #461527
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:24 PM, João Matos wrote: > To install pulseaudio was the best thing I did since I enabled vdpau suport. > > It is running great to my needs: I'm now able to use my bluetooth headset, > my webcam mic, and the system is perfectly integrated. When I anwser a skype > call, the amarok player pauses itself untill the call finish. > > Just skype can't use the headset, but I'll work on it later. It's easy: go to Skype preferences, select Sound Devices, and set "PulseAudio server (local)" for microphone, speakers and ringing. Now emerge media-sound/pavucontrol, and run pavucontrol. With Skype running (and in the middle of a test call, for example, so it uses the soundcard), in the Playback tab of pavucontrol select the BT headset for the Skype application. Done; this is how I did it in my laptop right now: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115256116066287398549/posts/JX6kRciZ9zA Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
To install pulseaudio was the best thing I did since I enabled vdpau suport. It is running great to my needs: I'm now able to use my bluetooth headset, my webcam mic, and the system is perfectly integrated. When I anwser a skype call, the amarok player pauses itself untill the call finish. Just skype can't use the headset, but I'll work on it later. Thank u. -- João de Matos Linux User #461527
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:18 AM, m...@trausch.us wrote: > On 08/20/2012 02:19 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> And the players output to PulseAudio directly or through the ALSA >> emulation? In GNOME 2 you could configure GStreamer (which both >> Rhythmbox and Banshee use) to use PulseAudio as default sink, or using >> ALSA; but it PA is running, newer versions will automagically detect >> it and use it [1]. I use GNOME 3 and PA is mandatory, so I don't >> remember exactly how it was. > > I just checked my GStreamer settings, and they are correct; here is a > transcript of the configuration window for gstreamer-properties: > > == > Default Output > > Plugin: PulseAudio Sound Server > Device: Internal Audio Analog Surround 5.1 > Pipeline: [can't read, runs off the screen and window won't resize] > == > > The Input section is blank, and I never use the input so it doesn't matter. > > I still have to do the scroll-up/scroll-down trickery every time I start > a stream in Banshee or Rhythmbox. I don't know what to tell you, except that I haven't had any problem with my 5.1 configuration. Ever. The internal soundcard in my desktop is also 5.1 capable, and it also just works (just checked). What I know is that several times I read the author complaining on how Ubuntu packages PA [1], but I have never used Ubuntu, so I don't know. I just installed PA in Gentoo when it became stable, I have never touched its configuration files, and it just works, in all my machines (that use audio; I don't use it on servers, obviously). Regards. [1] http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/pa-in-ubuntu.html -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
On 08/20/2012 02:19 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > And the players output to PulseAudio directly or through the ALSA > emulation? In GNOME 2 you could configure GStreamer (which both > Rhythmbox and Banshee use) to use PulseAudio as default sink, or using > ALSA; but it PA is running, newer versions will automagically detect > it and use it [1]. I use GNOME 3 and PA is mandatory, so I don't > remember exactly how it was. I just checked my GStreamer settings, and they are correct; here is a transcript of the configuration window for gstreamer-properties: == Default Output Plugin: PulseAudio Sound Server Device: Internal Audio Analog Surround 5.1 Pipeline: [can't read, runs off the screen and window won't resize] == The Input section is blank, and I never use the input so it doesn't matter. I still have to do the scroll-up/scroll-down trickery every time I start a stream in Banshee or Rhythmbox. --- Mike -- A man who reasons deliberately, manages it better after studying Logic than he could before, if he is sincere about it and has common sense. --- Carveth Read, “Logic” signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
On 08/20/2012 02:19 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Michael Trausch wrote: >> Tested and verified w/ at least Rhythmbox and Banshee. Have offered a bounty >> for years for anyone who fox the bug. There are open, confirmed bugs in (at >> least) Launchpad going back quite some time, too. Happens regardless of >> hardware, but have had it happen on SB Live and several onboards. > > Do you have links to the bugs? This is an incomplete list of reports from Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/406582 I reported that one, looks as though at least 5 others have the same problem and have found that bug. I have had this issue before as well: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/445849 (affects 91 people) This one looks to be about the same, though lacking enough information to confirm for sure: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/693039 Another: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/677067 (4 users) And yet another: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/494099 (17 users) Aside from my bug, I was able to find the other ones in just a couple of minutes with Google. There are pointers to Launchpad from other places, too, such as the Ubuntu Forums, Gentoo and Arch wiki and forums and so forth. >> The only time I ever got 5.1 working was with straight ALSA, but then I >> don't get upmixing. >> >> As a result, I have been using netradio. No closing and opening of the audio >> device. >> >> Also, canberra (the sound notification library) seems to actually output >> sound correctly, but I think it holds the device open the whole time. > > I have libcanberra compiled with PA support, so I can use it with > other sound sources at the same time. > >> PA isn't changing the configuration back to stereo. It shows 5.1, but media >> players only output to two speakers until I open the PA control and jump >> from 5.1 to 4.1 and back. > > And the players output to PulseAudio directly or through the ALSA > emulation? In GNOME 2 you could configure GStreamer (which both > Rhythmbox and Banshee use) to use PulseAudio as default sink, or using > ALSA; but it PA is running, newer versions will automagically detect > it and use it [1]. I use GNOME 3 and PA is mandatory, so I don't > remember exactly how it was. I couldn't even tell you. I stopped actively trying to get PulseAudio to work correctly with 6 channel output about two years ago or so, I got sick and tired of people telling me my problem was imaginary. I work around it by using Internet radio, since that way I only have to have the PA control panel program open _once_, instead of every time I change songs. Rhythmbox and Banshee have improved in the past few years in that they no longer close the audio device when playing songs in sequential order. However, that isn't foolproof either. It's been bugging me again lately, but while I have the motivation to investigate and attempt to find a way to fix this stupidly infuriating problem, I don't have the time. Nobody who knows what they're doing with the PA source code seems to believe that this is truly an issue, so it's probably never going to be fixed. > Sorry for my curiosity, but it sounds really weird: I have heard a lot > about PA problems, but nothing like this. > > [1] http://arunraghavan.net/2012/02/gentoo-pulseaudio-alsa-update/ > I remember that post. Nothing changed, though, at least for me. -- A man who reasons deliberately, manages it better after studying Logic than he could before, if he is sincere about it and has common sense. --- Carveth Read, “Logic” signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Michael Trausch wrote: > Tested and verified w/ at least Rhythmbox and Banshee. Have offered a bounty > for years for anyone who fox the bug. There are open, confirmed bugs in (at > least) Launchpad going back quite some time, too. Happens regardless of > hardware, but have had it happen on SB Live and several onboards. Do you have links to the bugs? > The only time I ever got 5.1 working was with straight ALSA, but then I > don't get upmixing. > > As a result, I have been using netradio. No closing and opening of the audio > device. > > Also, canberra (the sound notification library) seems to actually output > sound correctly, but I think it holds the device open the whole time. I have libcanberra compiled with PA support, so I can use it with other sound sources at the same time. > PA isn't changing the configuration back to stereo. It shows 5.1, but media > players only output to two speakers until I open the PA control and jump > from 5.1 to 4.1 and back. And the players output to PulseAudio directly or through the ALSA emulation? In GNOME 2 you could configure GStreamer (which both Rhythmbox and Banshee use) to use PulseAudio as default sink, or using ALSA; but it PA is running, newer versions will automagically detect it and use it [1]. I use GNOME 3 and PA is mandatory, so I don't remember exactly how it was. Sorry for my curiosity, but it sounds really weird: I have heard a lot about PA problems, but nothing like this. [1] http://arunraghavan.net/2012/02/gentoo-pulseaudio-alsa-update/ -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
Tested and verified w/ at least Rhythmbox and Banshee. Have offered a bounty for years for anyone who fox the bug. There are open, confirmed bugs in (at least) Launchpad going back quite some time, too. Happens regardless of hardware, but have had it happen on SB Live and several onboards. The only time I ever got 5.1 working was with straight ALSA, but then I don't get upmixing. As a result, I have been using netradio. No closing and opening of the audio device. Also, canberra (the sound notification library) seems to actually output sound correctly, but I think it holds the device open the whole time. PA isn't changing the configuration back to stereo. It shows 5.1, but media players only output to two speakers until I open the PA control and jump from 5.1 to 4.1 and back. On Aug 20, 2012 1:03 AM, "Canek Peláez Valdés" wrote: > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Michael Trausch wrote: > > Yes. > > > > I have to change it to 4.1 and then back to 5.1 after every song finishes > > playing. > > > > It has been that way ever since the first time I encountered it in Ubuntu > > years back. > > It has never done that to me. Which music player do you use? It > happens with every one? I use Rhythmbox, Totem, Mplayer2, and of > course I watch videos in YouTube in Chromium; nothing even remotely > similar has ever happened to me. But if it happens "after every song", > maybe the music player somehow changes the setting? It sounds fishy, > but PA should not change the setting by itself. > > Anyhow, I'm a perfectly happy 5.1 surround user with PulseAudio since > at least two years. > > Regards. > -- > Canek Peláez Valdés > Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación > Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Michael Trausch wrote: > Yes. > > I have to change it to 4.1 and then back to 5.1 after every song finishes > playing. > > It has been that way ever since the first time I encountered it in Ubuntu > years back. It has never done that to me. Which music player do you use? It happens with every one? I use Rhythmbox, Totem, Mplayer2, and of course I watch videos in YouTube in Chromium; nothing even remotely similar has ever happened to me. But if it happens "after every song", maybe the music player somehow changes the setting? It sounds fishy, but PA should not change the setting by itself. Anyhow, I'm a perfectly happy 5.1 surround user with PulseAudio since at least two years. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
Yes. I have to change it to 4.1 and then back to 5.1 after every song finishes playing. It has been that way ever since the first time I encountered it in Ubuntu years back. On Aug 20, 2012 12:43 AM, "Canek Peláez Valdés" wrote: > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Michael Trausch wrote: > > PA works well with stereo-only outputs. That's most users. > > > > People such as myself, however, with 5.1 out, are perpetually > disappointed > > and/or frustrated by the lack of the systems ability to work reliably. I > > constantly have problems playing music, because it reverts to stereo > output > > every time it is opened. It happens in all distributions that have PA, > so it > > isn't a bug in packaging or configuration, unless all distress and > upstream > > itself get it all wrong. > > Mmmh. Have you tried "pactl list" and checking the "Active Profile:" > in the card you are using? Then you can change it with (in my case): > > pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-_04_00.0 > output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo > > Of course, if you are using GNOME, you can set it in System Settings > (see screenshot > > https://plus.google.com/photos/115256116066287398549/albums/5778609034682831121 > ). > Yes, I have two sound cards, and I still prefer my old SB Live! > exactly because it has 5.1 output. It have never "reverted" to stereo > for me. I got a 5.1 Logitech speakers, with one subwoofer and 5 > satellites. > > Regards. > -- > Canek Peláez Valdés > Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación > Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Michael Trausch wrote: > PA works well with stereo-only outputs. That's most users. > > People such as myself, however, with 5.1 out, are perpetually disappointed > and/or frustrated by the lack of the systems ability to work reliably. I > constantly have problems playing music, because it reverts to stereo output > every time it is opened. It happens in all distributions that have PA, so it > isn't a bug in packaging or configuration, unless all distress and upstream > itself get it all wrong. Mmmh. Have you tried "pactl list" and checking the "Active Profile:" in the card you are using? Then you can change it with (in my case): pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-_04_00.0 output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo Of course, if you are using GNOME, you can set it in System Settings (see screenshot https://plus.google.com/photos/115256116066287398549/albums/5778609034682831121). Yes, I have two sound cards, and I still prefer my old SB Live! exactly because it has 5.1 output. It have never "reverted" to stereo for me. I got a 5.1 Logitech speakers, with one subwoofer and 5 satellites. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
PA works well with stereo-only outputs. That's most users. People such as myself, however, with 5.1 out, are perpetually disappointed and/or frustrated by the lack of the systems ability to work reliably. I constantly have problems playing music, because it reverts to stereo output every time it is opened. It happens in all distributions that have PA, so it isn't a bug in packaging or configuration, unless all distress and upstream itself get it all wrong. On Aug 19, 2012 11:24 PM, "Canek Peláez Valdés" wrote: > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:11 PM, João Matos wrote: > > Hi list. > > > > The KDE phonon can't work properly when I plug a USB audio card (like a > > webcam with microphone) neither recognize my bluetooth headset. > > > > When I used to try to use my webcam microphone, phonon got lost every > time > > I've reboot the system. It always asked me to forget the devices, as if > > there were new sound cards every time the system rebooted. It also wasn't > > able to decide which should be the default sound card. Sometimes it > guessed > > correctly, most the time not. Other problems: when kde had the control > of a > > device, none application outside kde were able to use it, as skype or > > mplayer. > > > > The solution I found then was to disable the support from my webcam's > audio > > card on kernel. Without the USB card support, my system get back to > normal > > behavior and I was able to use the webcam. Of course, it was kinda > extreme. > > > > So, I was wondering if use pulseaudio should fix it, but I'm not sure if > it > > can help. What do you think? > > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > I've been using GNOME + PulseAudio since the later become stable in > Gentoo. Could not be more happy: my usecase is very similar to yours: > I have a BT headset, and a pair of USB speakers, which include a sound > card. With PulseAudio, the USB speakers works automagically; I don't > need to do anything, and I can change with a click where the audio > goes out, either the included speakers, or the USB ones. With the BT > headset I just need to pair it in the GNOME Bluetooth settings, and > it's the same, I can change where the audio streams go with one click, > and also set it per application. > > I also use PA in my Media Center, and the audio quality is... pretty > much the same that without PA, but you get a lot of benefits. > > Just take in mind that I use GNOME; I do not know how different (if at > all) it will be with KDE. > > Regards. > -- > Canek Peláez Valdés > Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación > Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:11 PM, João Matos wrote: > Hi list. > > The KDE phonon can't work properly when I plug a USB audio card (like a > webcam with microphone) neither recognize my bluetooth headset. > > When I used to try to use my webcam microphone, phonon got lost every time > I've reboot the system. It always asked me to forget the devices, as if > there were new sound cards every time the system rebooted. It also wasn't > able to decide which should be the default sound card. Sometimes it guessed > correctly, most the time not. Other problems: when kde had the control of a > device, none application outside kde were able to use it, as skype or > mplayer. > > The solution I found then was to disable the support from my webcam's audio > card on kernel. Without the USB card support, my system get back to normal > behavior and I was able to use the webcam. Of course, it was kinda extreme. > > So, I was wondering if use pulseaudio should fix it, but I'm not sure if it > can help. What do you think? > > Any help will be appreciated. I've been using GNOME + PulseAudio since the later become stable in Gentoo. Could not be more happy: my usecase is very similar to yours: I have a BT headset, and a pair of USB speakers, which include a sound card. With PulseAudio, the USB speakers works automagically; I don't need to do anything, and I can change with a click where the audio goes out, either the included speakers, or the USB ones. With the BT headset I just need to pair it in the GNOME Bluetooth settings, and it's the same, I can change where the audio streams go with one click, and also set it per application. I also use PA in my Media Center, and the audio quality is... pretty much the same that without PA, but you get a lot of benefits. Just take in mind that I use GNOME; I do not know how different (if at all) it will be with KDE. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?
If at all possible avoid it! I installed it awhile back for similar reasons ... I needed a BT headset that some programs could only use via pulse. Since then (and currently) audio only seems to work sporadicly with strange, and hard to trace problems - its reputation as a pita to work with is well earned in my experience. :( BillK On Sun, 2012-08-19 at 23:11 -0300, João Matos wrote: > Hi list. > > The KDE phonon can't work properly when I plug a USB audio card (like > a webcam with microphone) neither recognize my bluetooth headset. > > When I used to try to use my webcam microphone, phonon got lost every > time I've reboot the system. It always asked me to forget the devices, > as if there were new sound cards every time the system rebooted. It > also wasn't able to decide which should be the default sound card. > Sometimes it guessed correctly, most the time not. Other problems: > when kde had the control of a device, none application outside kde > were able to use it, as skype or mplayer. > > The solution I found then was to disable the support from my webcam's > audio card on kernel. Without the USB card support, my system get back > to normal behavior and I was able to use the webcam. Of course, it was > kinda extreme. > > So, I was wondering if use pulseaudio should fix it, but I'm not sure > if it can help. What do you think? > > Any help will be appreciated. > > thanks in advance, > > -- > João de Matos > Linux User #461527 >
