I have no good ideas for question 2. I have seen the same behavior for question 1. Matt Jim Duda wrote: > I have 4 linux machines on my local network using pulse audio. > All of which are running pulseaudio 0.9.8. > > Each has rtp-send and rtp-recv installed. > By default, each rtp-send is muted. > > Question #1: rtp-send mute > > When rtp-send is muted, I expect that no rtp traffic will be sent. > Is this a correct assumption? > > This doesn't appear true, and I am surprised by this. I have one > machine with a combined-sink, with one out being rtp-send. When playing > any audio to this combined-sink, I get a constant stream of network > bandwidth on the order of 192K bytes/second. When I stop the audio, the > network bandwidth goes down into the noise level. > > The default.pa for this machine is: > > This machine is a server which runs with --system mode. > > load-sample-lazy pulse-hotplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav > load-module module-hal-detect > load-module module-cli-protocol-tcp > load-module module-http-protocol-tcp > load-module module-esound-protocol-unix > load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1 > load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-anonymous=1 > load-module module-zeroconf-publish > load-module module-null-sink sink_name=sphinx_record description="Sphinx > Recording Source" > load-module module-null-sink sink_name=sphinx_playback > description="Sphinx Playback Source" > load-module module-rtp-recv > load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16le channels=2 > rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink" > load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor > load-module module-combine sink_name=combined > master=alsa_output.pci_1274_5880_alsa_playback_0 > slaves=alsa_output.pci_8086_24d5_alsa_playback_0,rtp,sphinx_playback > load-module module-volume-restore > load-module module-default-device-restore > load-module module-rescue-streams > load-module module-suspend-on-idle > load-module module-gconf > set-default-sink combined > set-default-source alsa_input.pci_1274_5880_alsa_capture_0 > set-sink-mute rtp 1 > > Question #2: one machine acts different > > One machine appears to be sending rtp traffic when rtp-send is > included., even when no audio is playing. When this one machine has > rtp-send installed, and muted, and no audio is plaing, I see a constant > stream of network traffic on the order of 192K bytes/second. > > This machine is a standard desktop which doesn't run with --system > > What could be causing this condition, independent of question #1 above? > > I have confirmed that no streams are playing on this machine, but yet, I > see the 192K bytes of traffic. The traffic comes and goes as a function > of including rtp-send on this machine. > > The default.pa for this machine is: > > load-sample-lazy pulse-hotplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav > load-module module-hal-detect > load-module module-esound-protocol-unix > load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1 > load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-anonymous=1 > load-module module-http-protocol-tcp > load-module module-zeroconf-publish > load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16le channels=2 > rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink" > load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor > load-module module-rtp-recv > load-module module-volume-restore > load-module module-default-device-restore > load-module module-rescue-streams > load-module module-suspend-on-idle > load-module module-x11-publish > load-module module-gconf > set-sink-mute rtp 1 > > Thanks for any insight. > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss at mail.0pointer.de > https://tango.0pointer.de/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss >
