Matthew Patterson wrote: > Otherwise wouldn't you have problems maintaining sync and buffering on > the network? "Muted" just means silent PCM audio, not that no audio > flows. One could probably implement "silence compression" such that a > minimal timing stream flowed during mute periods, but that sounds like a > lower priority issue, and they tend to get cut :) > > Matt Ah, I follow that argument. That makes perfect sense. Jim > > > > Jim Duda wrote: >> I think I understand #2. I believe all behave the same, the fact that I >> have multiple systems sending RTP was causing confusion. >> >> The only real question is: >> >> Is is unreasonable to expect the RTP traffic to be silent when an RTP >> source is muted? >> >> Jim >> >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss at mail.0pointer.de > https://tango.0pointer.de/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss
