Re: should I get rid of pulse audio ?
On Monday 17 August 2015 15:49:49 doug wrote:
> On 08/17/2015 02:10 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> > On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 01:37:37PM -0700, briand@aracnet.com wrote:
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> >> so soliciting opinions on whether or not getting rid of pulse audio is a
> >> good idea.
> >
> > Be warned that this has been a long standing hot-button issue. You might
> > get very strong opinions in both directions (or you might get just very
> > few, because people are wary of protracted flame wars).
> >
> > Better try more concrete questions: how to achieve X with pulseaudio. Or
> > what are your choices besides pulseaudio.
> >
> > regards
> > - -- tomás
>
> I have p/a on pclos, and in the past I have had to disable it, but the
> latest version seems to work.
> The commands in the gui's are a bit tricky--some don't seem to work
> sometimes--perhaps they
> depend on some other command. You just have to play with it to some
> extent. The main gain
> I see over alsa is the ability to direct audio out to two channels--a
> built-in sound chip on the mobo
> and the HDMI output (which includes audio) from a GeForce video card.
> that way you can set
> up a Youtube or or other media source on your local display, and pipe it
> to your TV at the same
> time.
> BTW: if you're going to watch a long video, you may want to get a mouse
> jiggler, so the picture
> doesn't go away after a few minutes.
>
> --doug
Why not just:
$ xset -dpms
before the video starts? And deal with your screensaver.
Lisi
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