On Sat, 2018-12-08 at 12:07 +0100, Georg Chini wrote: > On 08.12.2018 10:41, Malte Deiseroth wrote: > > Hey, > > > > would it be possible to have an option for 'module-pipe-sink', > > where it > > uses an existing 'fifo' and doesn't create one itself? > > Thinking about it, one wouldn't even need an option. It could just > > check if the 'fifo' already exists, and if so use it, or is there a > > good reason why the fifo must always be created by the 'module- > > pipe- > > sink' itself. > > > > Reason: > > I try to improve a docker based audiostation > > https://github.com/deisi/docker_compose-audiostation > > using snapcast and mopidy for multiroom audio. > > However, to make it work together with pulseaudio in all regards, I > > need it to create the fifo via pulseaudio. The problem is, that > > there > > are cases where pulseaudio is not available. This would lead to > > some > > kind of split situation, with pulseaudio vs without pulseaudio. > > > > Further setup is more complecated, because I either have to tell > > the > > user, how to properly configure pulseaudio, or I would need to add > > another container running pulseaudio exclusively for the purpose of > > linking via tcp with (local) pulseaudio. Shurely possible but for > > simplicity I would prefere the inital way. > > > > Cheers Malte > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > > pulseaudio-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss > Which version of PA are you using? This is already implemented in > the latest stable version (12.2). Thx Georg, I didn't see this. Then I never said anything :). I can use any version I like, so I will use 12.2 and give it a try. Since it is a new option, maybe one should mention it in https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/Modules/#module-pipe-sink Cheers Malte _______________________________________________ pulseaudio-discuss mailing list pulseaudio-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss
