Andrzej Wasowski wrote: > > My first question: is using rtp the only way to make a "remote sink" on a > local pulseaudio server, so that I can switch sinks between local and > remote using pavucontrol? What protocol is used when the library connects to > the remote server? Is is also rtp? > No, RTP is more of a "broadcast" protocol. You can use the same, native, protocol that clients use. Use the tunnel module for this (see homepage for details). > > My second question is unrelated to rtp. I have problems with local mixing on > the server. I use a local mpd to play music on that server and it works > well. However when I simultanously try to play some audio from a remote > mplayer using esound protocol (or an rtp stream coming from my notebook, for > that matter) I get only slow garbage from the speakers, and often pulseaudio > dies after that. It is not actually killed, but is unable to play again, > even if I stop all the stream and just send one of them again). > Sounds like your sound driver is a bit buggy and gets into some funky state when you use mpd. Have you tried running mpd through the local pulse server? Rgds -- Pierre Ossman OpenSource-based Thin Client Technology System Developer Telephone: +46-13-21 46 00 Cendio AB Web: http://www.cendio.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20070511/8522d0f5/attachment.pgp>
