On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 21:48 -0700, Laxmikant Rashinkar wrote: > Hi, > > On an Ubuntu 11.10 system (using Gnome), I've copied the default.pa file to my home dir > and the only change I've made to it is uncommented the line > > load-module module-pipe-sink > > I then logged in remotely using a GUI (xrdp) and I verified that > > 1) a 2nd PA server has been auto started > 2) fifo_output and fifo_output.monitor have been created > 3) in sound preferences, fifo_output is the default audio out device > > When I try to play an audio file using Totem Movie Player, it just waits, > presumably for someone to read from the FIFO? If this is the case, this is > exactly what I want. > > My question is how do I read from the FIFO? > > pacat -d fifo_output does not work > parec -d fifo_output.monitor does not work > > I must be doing something wrong, but what? Works for me here with a paplay --raw fifo_output However, looking at your previous post, could you explain what you're trying to achieve with this setup? -- Arun
