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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 21:57:40
Message-Id: ht1mqp$69i$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Phonon + PulseAudio Problem by "Fabian Köster"
1 On 05/19/2010 12:59 PM, Fabian Köster wrote:
2 > Hi *,
3 >
4 > I am currently trying to use Phonon and PulseAudio and have the following
5 > problem:
6 >
7 > When I play some Video with a Non-KDE application like VLC everything is
8 > perfectly directed to the local PulseAudio running on my machine and i have
9 > the expected sound-output.
10 >
11 > But when I use a KDE-Application like Kaffeine or Amarok there is no sound
12 > output although the stream is listed by pavucontrol...
13
14 Well, since I'm first to answer I get to inject my prejudices first :)
15
16 I think pulse is a very long answer to a very short question and so I did
17 away with it months ago. And I haven't regretted it.
18
19 Truly, I think very few people need pulse outside of professionals who work
20 in film or music. The main reason others have disagreed with my opinion is
21 because your silly desktop sounds like beeps and boings and toilets flushing
22 interrupt the CD you're listening to. Uh, well, yeah, one sound generally
23 interrupts another, true. So what?
24
25 I'll bet your audio would do what you expect it to do if you just removed
26 every trace of pulse from your machine and run revdep-rebuild with the pulse,
27 arts, and esd useflags disabled (if those flags still exist).
28
29 Contrary opinions will follow shortly ;)
30
31 Now

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem "Fabian Köster" <koesterreich@×××.net>