On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:24:07 +0100 Heiko Baums <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:05:25 +0000 > schrieb Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > PA is for 'consumer' use, its scope ends at ITU 5.1 or so. > > It doesn't support any serious multichannel card (like the > > the comlete RME series, up to 64+64 channels). Users of such > > cards don't need or want PA, so it's really not a problem at > > all. > > That's principally what I said. The problem is that several distros and > DEs like Gnome depend on PulseAudio as far as I know. This is > what I'm concerned about. Arch Linux and Xfce, what I'm using, > fortunately don't depend on it. > > If PulseAudio was generally only optional and if its developers > wouldn't try to declare it as a standard, I just wouldn't care. > > > If you use such cards you probably have Jack running, and > > if you really want PA you can configure it as a Jack client. > > I'm using an M-Audio Audiophile 24/96, so one of the cheapest > semi-professional audio cards of this kind. And I admit I primarily use > it for listening to music, watching videos etc. because of its sound > quality. > > But you're right I don't want and need PulseAudio. > > Heiko Please please please not again!!! PA is a great consumer thing, and that's exactly what we need. Because noone cares about "pro" audio solutions which are a nightmare to configure. PA goes far beyond you KDE/gnome to embedded systems with android and webos. Having different volume controls for different ergimes is very handy there. -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key ID: 164B5A6D Key fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D
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