It is meant to use skype without pulse audio, but it might help you? https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Philip Rhoades <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
