No need for me to add anything to this bug as we all know it exists. Wifi is laggy, cable good.
I would just like to add that this network sound is a killer feature of pulseaudio, and therefore also of ubuntu. There are so many use cases where this feature is useable by non-technical end users. Most people have a stationary computer connected to their stereo and use a laptop or other device around the area. Sending sound output to the stereo is in many cases a great convenience. I propose that this feature is a reason for many people who don't see a reason to shift from Windows or OSX to consider ubuntu, but as the situation is now there are a few issues that needs to be addressed: 1) Stability. For some reason my 10.04 installation stopped being able to play back sound it recieves from network. I believe this to be fixed with later installations. 2) Lag. Sound needs to play instantly, or almost instantly. I know that this an inherent design limitation of doing this over wireless, but there is a lag of more than what the latency of the network can account for. Sometimes 1-10 seconds. 3) Integration into the desktop. If issue 1 and 2 gets fixed to a point where it would be considered acceptable by end-users desktop integration should be addressed. For example, people need to be aware of this feature. It needs to be integrated into applications that ship with ubuntu. For example Totem could have a feature to compensate for the network lag if it was aware that it was redirecting sound over the network. Banshee could have a button next to the volume which could be pressed and sound would play over the network instead leaving other applications sounds still playing on the local sound card, for example system sounds, totem video, flash plugin etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273742 Title: Pulseaudio over wifi stutters horribly -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
