Did you actually told all the applications to use that pcm?
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Philip Rhoades <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Paolo,
>
>
> On 2015-10-06 22:12, Paolo Bolzoni wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, my bad. I understood you needed to use a program that needed
>> pulse audio without it; in this case apulse could help
>>
>> However, if your problem is allowing to use the sound output to
>> multiple programs at the same time. I had a similar problem and I
>> solved it using dmix.
>>
>> In my .asoundrc I had this pcm:
>> pcm.PCH {
>> type asym
>> playback.pcm {
>> type plug
>> slave {
>> pcm {
>> type dmix
>> ipc_key 9175930
>> ipc_key_add_uid true
>> slave {
>> pcm "hw:PCH"
>> }
>> }
>> }
>> }
>> capture.pcm "hw:PCH"
>> }
>
>
>
> I replaced my simple .asoundrc:
>
> pcm.!default {
> type hw
> card 1
> device 0
> }
>
>
> with yours but with no improvement (I even rebooted to be sure - I have had
> so much problem with audio in the past):
>
> - mplayer works fine in isolation
>
> - YouTube works in isolation
>
> - Mumble works in isolation
>
> - If I have Mumble open, mplayer does not work
>
> - If I have YT running, mplayer does not work
>
> etc
>
> It would be nice to pause whatever I am using ie NOT have to exit the
> program, and use another audio app and then come back to where I left off
> with the first app . .
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
>
>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Philip Rhoades <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Paolo,
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2015-10-06 21:34, Paolo Bolzoni wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It is meant to use skype without pulse audio, but it might help you?
>>>> https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am not sure how Skype came into the discussion - I don't use it . .
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>
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>
>
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>
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