On Mi, Jun 05, 2019 at 11:20:58 +0200, Michael Lange wrote:
Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> wrote:If you don't use PulseAudio then only one application can use an ALSA device at the same time on your computer.really? Here I can play back a video in firefox and play another video
No, I don’t think so.IIRC: In the beginning of ALSA you needed a soundcard with hardware mixing capabilities. Later, ALSA got a mixer plugin itself.
So, you don’t need Pulse to have multiple audio sources.And if you only have one soundcard, PulseAudio is overkill. Besides, PulseAudio lies on top of ALSA.
The advantages of PulseAudio are:- more than one soundcard, maybe even changing (onboard, USB soundcare, headset, etc.) - you want to move the application from one soundcard to another without reconfiguring the application to the new soundcard
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