Re: Replacing Pulseaudio with Alsa alone

[Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de>]

Hi,

On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 15:55:34 -0400
Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:

> Kaj Persson wrote: 
> > I am running Debian 9 Stretch. After the OS install the Pulseaudio is
> > by default the standard audio system with Alsa as the executor. Which
> > is the best strategy to remove Pulseaudio and instead letting Alsa be
> > the one and only audio system? Are there any serious disadvantages
> > doing so?
> 
> There is one serious disadvantage: Firefox doesn't support audio
> in any other way except PulseAudio.

is that actually true? Here I can watch videos on yt or vimeo for example
in firefox with sound perfectly intact without pulseaudio installed.
In which situations does sound in ff not work?

Regards

Michael


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