Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:18 AM, mike@×××××××.us <mike@×××××××.us> wrote:
> On 08/20/2012 02:19 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>> And the players output to PulseAudio directly or through the ALSA
>> emulation? In GNOME 2 you could configure GStreamer (which both
>> Rhythmbox and Banshee use) to use PulseAudio as default sink, or using
>> ALSA; but it PA is running, newer versions will automagically detect
>> it and use it [1]. I use GNOME 3 and PA is mandatory, so I don't
>> remember exactly how it was.
>
> I just checked my GStreamer settings, and they are correct; here is a
> transcript of the configuration window for gstreamer-properties:
>
> ==================================
> Default Output
>
>   Plugin: PulseAudio Sound Server
>   Device: Internal Audio Analog Surround 5.1
>   Pipeline: [can't read, runs off the screen and window won't resize]
> ==================================
>
> The Input section is blank, and I never use the input so it doesn't matter.
>
> I still have to do the scroll-up/scroll-down trickery every time I start
> a stream in Banshee or Rhythmbox.

I don't know what to tell you, except that I haven't had any problem
with my 5.1 configuration. Ever. The internal soundcard in my desktop
is also 5.1 capable, and it also just works (just checked).

What I know is that several times I read the author complaining on how
Ubuntu packages PA [1], but I have never used Ubuntu, so I don't know.
I just installed PA in Gentoo when it became stable, I have never
touched its configuration files, and it just works, in all my machines
(that use audio; I don't use it on servers, obviously).

Regards.

[1] http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/pa-in-ubuntu.html
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Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México