2007/12/31, John Haxby <jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Erik Slagter wrote: > > As imho pulseaudio doesn't add significant functionality if you're not > > using remote (over the network) audio, you'd be better off without it, > > i.e. remove all pulseaudio packages alltogether. > > > > That must be a different pulseaudio to the one I'm using then. The > per-application mixer (pavucontrol) is very useful How this is useful? Each app already has it's own volume control. Having additional one confuses user, which already doesn't distinguish PCM from Main volume. > and being able to > move a running stream from the normal output to the USB soundcard I've > just plugged iis extremely cool (yes, I know I could just restart > mplayer and tell it to use the different soundcard). How PA is useful in this in long term? What about simply changing sound cards in common settings and apps simply works? > Sure, if you have > either very simple (one soundcard, one well-behaved app) or very complex > (jack) requirements then pulseaudio isn't going to help, but for > anything in between it's way in advance of anything we've had before. So in fact PA is useful for about 10% of users, who want to mock with their sound settings. Rest of us just want a sound work or would like not to have some daemon blocking sound card. In nutshell, I have nothing so much against PA (some features are really promising, but GUI and ease of use is seriously lacking), but I have everything against to have such unmatured system in distros. As we don't have enough sound problems already. After almost a year reading lot of different opinions about PA, seems like there is clearly love/hate relationship with PA within user's community. Developers and ultra geeks however like it - understandably. Just my opinion, Peter. > jch > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
