Re: sound issues
On 03/03/12 09:50, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 14:38, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:19:32 -0800
>> Kelly Clowers <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 13:52, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:36:34 -0800
>>>> Kelly Clowers <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:56, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:11:18 -0800
>>>>>> Kelly Clowers <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:35, Raffaele Morelli
>>>>>>> <raffaele.morelli@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> if you want two or more audio apps to share the same sound device, start
>>>>>>>> qjackctl, tell vlc to use jack output module and do the same with other apps
>>>>>>>> if needed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In qjackctl connection panel you should see all your alsa compliant apps
>>>>>>>> listed as readable clients and the sound device as writeable clients.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Using skype together with other apps is also possible even if it's a little
>>>>>>>> more tricky, have a look at
>>>>>>>> http://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can run skype togeter with other jack/alsa compliant apps, record them
>>>>>>>> and/or route audio output between them using Qjackctl.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That sounds excessively complicated. PA will work fine (and automatically),
>>>>>>> it just needs to be setup correctly. I set mine up long ago, and it has never
>>>>>>> given me problems (well, a few times the PA volume got muted and had to
>>>>>>> be unmuted, but that is about it).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use just plain alsa, and while I don't use skype, multiple
>>>>>> applications can use my sound devices simultaneously. No special
>>>>>> configuration; it just works.
>>>>>
>>>>> Either a sound card with hardware mixing, or you got lucky with
>>>>> alsa's dmix. It has been known to work on occasion...
>>>>
>>>> I don't know what dmix is; it doesn't seem to exist on my system. Sound
>>>> hardware is:
>>>>
>>>> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
>>>> Controller (rev 03)
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty sure I had automatic mixing on my previous system, which
>>>> also had some sort of Intel sound, although I don't have the info
>>>> available here ATM.
>>>
>>> I doubt that has hardware mixing. Dmix is part of alsa, you should have
>>> it unless you recompiled alsa without it or something.
>>
>> Okay - so dmix it is; I'm using stock Debian packages for everything,
>> with no specific configuration for my setup. I though that dmix was
>> some sort of command / daemon / package. But you say it only works on
>> occasion? I've never seemed to have any problem with it at all.
>
> I don't know how often it works. All I know is I have seen other people
> have problems with it, and I have never had it work on my machines.
>
> So when PA got to the early 0.9 series, I installed it and set it up,
> and never looked back.
Likewise - multiple Skype connections + my ISPs VOIP, networked sound,
virtualbox machines also using sound, and frozenbubble, all at the same
time - without a hitch. Alsa, jack, and other sound systems without
restrictions running underneath.
Initially PA was a learning curve - it's a different way of dealing with
sound. Well worth the small amount of effort required to get it working.
paman makes life easier if your system doesn't automagically have pa
working.
>
> Cheers,
> Kelly Clowers
>
>
Kind regards
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