On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 18:03 +0000, Piscium wrote: > I am running Fedora 13, though my question applies to other versions and other Gnome distros. > > On the Gnome panel there is by default (that is, after installation) a speaker icon, and if I right click on it I can get to a dialogue box titled Sound Preferences. > > There is also PulseAudio Volume Control which is available as a separate package not installed by default. > > The settings available in Gnome Sound Preferences and PulseAudio Volume Control are quite similar : selection of input and output devices, volume and so on. > > My questions are these: > What is the difference between these two applications? > Considering that I already get by default the Gnome Panel Sound Preferences do I need the PulseAudio Volume Control at all? > > I know this is a very basic question but please pardon my ignorance! > > Thanks. The Gnome Sound Prefences UI is a simplified version of pavucontrol (the Pulseaudio Volume Control package you're talking about). Primarily it lacks a good way of moving apps to other outputs. It does provide you with easy access to Gnome-specific sounds though (the 'sound theme' stuff).
