On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 16:32 +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Mon, 28.12.09 23:14, Ng Oon-Ee (ngoonee at gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Is there a way to specify a sound to be a 'system sound' as defined by > > > > System Sounds on pavucontrol, when played by paplay? > > > > > > > > If so, then programs such as pidgin which allow playing event > > > > notifications through a command would be useable without modification. > > > > > > paplay --property=media.role=event ... > > > > > > Lennart > > > > > Thanks Lennart. man paplay doesn't show that syntax... is it a > > relatively recent addition? > > Kinda. "paplay --help" shows it. Patches for the man pages (same way > as for the code) always appreciated! ;-) > So I'd just submit a diff? Unsure how to properly format though... > > And I can confirm that works fine with pidgin, should I add it to the > > wiki? Considering once in a while the question "how do I adjust my > > pidgin volume when the sounds are so damn short" keeps popping up again > > and again. > > Sure, please do. > Done - http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup#Pidginandotherappswithshorteventsounds
