[gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 05/20/2010 11:15 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 May 2010 23:56:39 walt wrote:
>> On 05/19/2010 12:59 PM, Fabian Köster wrote:
>>> Hi *,
>>>
>>> I am currently trying to use Phonon and PulseAudio and have the following
>>> problem:
>>>
>>> When I play some Video with a Non-KDE application like VLC everything is
>>> perfectly directed to the local PulseAudio running on my machine and i
>>> have the expected sound-output.
>>>
>>> But when I use a KDE-Application like Kaffeine or Amarok there is no
>>> sound output although the stream is listed by pavucontrol...
>>
>> Well, since I'm first to answer I get to inject my prejudices first :)
>>
>> I think pulse is a very long answer to a very short question and so I did
>> away with it months ago.  And I haven't regretted it.
>>
>> Truly, I think very few people need pulse outside of professionals who work
>> in film or music.  The main reason others have disagreed with my opinion is
>> because your silly desktop sounds like beeps and boings and toilets
>> flushing interrupt the CD you're listening to.  Uh, well, yeah, one sound
>> generally interrupts another, true.  So what?
>>
>> I'll bet your audio would do what you expect it to do if you just removed
>> every trace of pulse from your machine and run revdep-rebuild with the
>> pulse, arts, and esd useflags disabled (if those flags still exist).
>>
>> Contrary opinions will follow shortly ;)
>
> No, I don't think they will :-)

Well, here is one :P

"Uh, well, yeah, one sound generally interrupts another, true."

That is not true.  ALSA (most people use that one) has dmix, which mixes 
all sounds from all applications together.  You don't need PulseAudio 
for that.