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On 22/06/2014 18:53, Mick wrote: |
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> I was surprised to find that skype now has the pulseaudio flag set as a |
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> default. Well, that didn't really surprise me, but what did is that after I |
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> unset the pulseaudio flag and emerged skype-4.3.0.37, audio in skype no longer |
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> works. :-/ |
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> The skype website says that alsa is no longer supported without pulseaudio in |
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> their freshly cut Microsoft-owned code. Why is then the pulseaudio flag |
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> provided in portage, if without audio skype would lose its core functionality |
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> - i.e. making voice calls? I guess someone may only use it for IM chat, but |
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> that I would think is an edge use case. Most people I know would use it for |
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> voice and perhaps video calls. |
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> In any case, should I install pulseaudio? So far I had not missed it in my |
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> world to manage my audio needs. Looking at the wiki page: |
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> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PulseAudio |
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> it seems awfully complicated to me, for something which for my purposes would |
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> be just a new 'alsamixer'. :p |
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> Are you using PA and how would you suggest I go about installing and |
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> configuring it (if I must) for minimal interference with my audio usage? |
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Why don't you rather peg skype at the last version know to work with |
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alsa, and mask everything newer? |
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If it were me, I'd switch to PA because I wanted to, not because skype |
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made me. And I don't think you'd be running any additional security risk |
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- skype is rather likely to be riddled with bugs that never get fixed |
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anyway... |
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OK, my cynic side is showing, but you get the drift |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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