Chris, On 2015-09-27 00:23, chris hermansen Sat wrote: > Phil and list, > > On Sep 26, 2015 03:21, "Philip Rhoades" <p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> People, >> >> Years ago when I needed to simplify things to solve audio hardware >> problems, I had to remove PA - and for every new version ever since I >> have automatically uninstalled it to continue to keep things as simple >> as possible - which generally works well for me. Mostly I play audio >> and video stuff from the CLI with mplayer but on odd occasions, like >> when I want to listen to a long audio book, it is more convenient to >> use >> QuodLibet which remembers where I am up to on the MP3. However I have >> found that if I forget to exit QL, then mplayer does not work . . I >> guess there is no solution to having multiple players open at the same >> time - but not playing at the same time - and being able to switch >> between them without reinstalling PA? >> >> I also quite frequently have problems with audio on Chrome... > > Phil, my environment and use of it is somewhat different than yours. > > I use Ubuntu; leave Pulse in place; use the standard video application > (totem, I think) for video and Guayadeque for audio rather than mplayer > and > QuodLibet, talking directly to Alsa and to an external DAC; But I prefer the CLI . . > use Firefox for > the web in general and for YouTube and Vimeo (though not much) and use > Chrome only for Netflix. That doesn't really suit me . . > Given those differences, my experience with Pulse in the last several > releases has been problem-free. In particular, no problems of the type > you > describe. > > So my advice to you would be to try Pulse out again. Maybe I should at least try reinstalling Pulse and see how it goes but I don't like that it introduces another layer of complexity when it might not be necessary . . I was hoping some ALSA guru here could tell me how to conveniently allow multiple sound sources without PA . . Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
