On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > By running "gnome-control-center sound" I can get a GUI app > in which I can set a device profile to "off" so that pulse > will stop fooling with it, and I am then free to talk to > it directly with alsa to do special things like ac3 > passthrough to spdif. > > My question is: Can I do the same thing with a command > line tool so I can modify the pulse settings in scripts > and set them back to normal after (for instance) playing > a DVD? I think you're looking for "pasuspender" which will suspend pulseaudio until whatever you run completes. The usage is a bit odd. I use it for "The Dark Mod" (a Thief fan game based on the Doom3 engine). In my launcher script I use it as follows: pasuspender -- ./tdmlauncher.linux The double hyphen is important! Richard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
