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On Wednesday 19 May 2010 23:56:39 walt wrote: |
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> On 05/19/2010 12:59 PM, Fabian Köster wrote: |
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> > Hi *, |
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> > I am currently trying to use Phonon and PulseAudio and have the following |
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> > problem: |
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> > When I play some Video with a Non-KDE application like VLC everything is |
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> > perfectly directed to the local PulseAudio running on my machine and i |
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> > have the expected sound-output. |
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> > But when I use a KDE-Application like Kaffeine or Amarok there is no |
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> > sound output although the stream is listed by pavucontrol... |
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> Well, since I'm first to answer I get to inject my prejudices first :) |
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> I think pulse is a very long answer to a very short question and so I did |
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> away with it months ago. And I haven't regretted it. |
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> Truly, I think very few people need pulse outside of professionals who work |
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> in film or music. The main reason others have disagreed with my opinion is |
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> because your silly desktop sounds like beeps and boings and toilets |
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> flushing interrupt the CD you're listening to. Uh, well, yeah, one sound |
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> generally interrupts another, true. So what? |
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> I'll bet your audio would do what you expect it to do if you just removed |
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> every trace of pulse from your machine and run revdep-rebuild with the |
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> pulse, arts, and esd useflags disabled (if those flags still exist). |
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> Contrary opinions will follow shortly ;) |
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No, I don't think they will :-) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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