> On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 20:39 +0000, Piscium wrote: > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > > > From: Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee at gmail.com> > > To: pulseaudio-discuss at mail.0pointer.de > > Sent: Sun, 6 June, 2010 21:30:31 > > > > > Subject: Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] difference between Gnome Sound Preferences and PulseAudio Volume Control > > > > 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). > > Thanks Ng. > > This begs the question, do the two tools write to the same > configuration files or different ones? > > Because if it is to the same configuration file they could conflict, > no? That is, one tool could overwrite the changes made by the other? First off, please don't top-post, and please fix the threading with your mail-client (looks like you're using a webmail). Fixed for you this time. On-topic - yes they control the same thing, you can think of them as two steering wheels to the same car. You wouldn't want tool A to mute your volume, then the volume to come unmuted when tool B opens. More to the point, pulseaudio is an audio server, and all these control tools are just clients manipulating some parameters.
