Besides, do you changed the hw:PCH with the name of your sound card?
(from aplay -l)
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Paolo Bolzoni
<paolo.bolzoni.brown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Alsa-user mailing list
>>>>>> Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Philip Rhoades
>>>>
>>>> PO Box 896
>>>> Cowra NSW 2794
>>>> Australia
>>>> E-mail: phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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
