stan,
On 2021-09-22 23:01, stan wrote:
On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:41:04 +1000
Philip Rhoades via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Some told me they thought that browsers talked directly to the
soundcard?
Not for a long, long time. If you have pulseaudio or pipewire
installed, and are using them as default, then no matter what the
browser thinks, it is talking to pulseaudio or pipewire.
Right.
With upgrading from F33 (X/XFCE4/ALSA) to F34 (Wayland/Sway/PipeWire)
I have been thrashing the system a bit to see how it goes and found
trying to serially record stuff online from three different browsers
and also recording stuff with a number of apps causes me to lose
access to the default mic for ALL inputs . .
This sounds like a bug. You could look at the list here,
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues
to see if it is listed. Otherwise, you could open a new issue.
OK, I will check that out.
Since I don't have any trouble PLAYING from as many sources as I want
to but ONLY recording, I have turned OFF access to the mic for all
the browsers (C, FF, B) and will try to only use stand-alone apps
that need the mic (using default) ie audacity, jisti, obs, zoom,
arecord etc - I will see how that approach goes for a while.
Because play is working everywhere, record should work everywhere.
Why is that so? - one is SNOOP and one is DMIX controlled isn't it?
So,
a bug or possibly a mic misconfiguration error.
Right but how could it be a misconfiguration error if I am just using
the "default" Mic all the time?
Also, because of problems in the early days with PulseAudio, I got
into the habit of routinely uninstalling it and just using ALSA plus
my .asoundrc file - now I thought PW was going to completely replace
PA but I see there are still a number of RPMs installed:
I think it is hybrid, with pipewire replacing more the higher logic,
and still using the basic plumbing of pulseaudio.
Ah, OK.
Any info on how this stuff is supposed to work / hang together would
be appreciated! - a diagram somewhere would be great!
I'm not aware of anything like that. Pipewire is still under very
active development, so that is probably taking priority until the fires
are out.
I can believe it . .
At the bottom of this page, there are some links to more information
about pipewire. Might or might not help you.
Nothing here?
Thanks for that - I appreciate the feedback!
Regards,
Phil.
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Philip Rhoades
PO Box 896
Cowra NSW 2794
Australia
E-mail: phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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