On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 11:25:18 -0500, Chris Caudle wrote: >On Wed, November 1, 2017 10:11 am, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> To run two sound servers instead IMO is absurd. > >It is convenient for a dual use machine, a machine which is sometimes >used for typical desktop use and sometimes used for music production. >When using pulseaudio for normal desktop applications, applications >like firefox and vlc connect to pulse by default. When I want to >change to music production configuration, just disconnect two ports >from the pulse source and all desktop apps are disconnected from my >audio interface. When I want to have sound from desktop applications >again, I just connect the two ports from pulse jacksource to my audio >output again and all desktop applications are available for sound >again. Ralf will not find that useful, some people do. I only have got one tower PC for audio production as well as for "averaged" desktop usage. Again, to watch a video I use plain alsa. If an MUA or a script should notify me by sound, I'm using the bell/pc speaker beep. Kraftwerk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_jNIowu1uk Non of the desktop app calculators I'm using does produce sound, there is no key I could mouse click to play "ein kleines Musikstück". _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
