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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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Regards, |
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Mick |
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