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runny6play

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Registered: 2012-02-18

Posts: 85

linux/gnu audio... questions

Installation and configuration of the audio packages doesn't seem to bad...
I just have some general questions about them that I havn't been able to find out....
And that's with pulseaudio.. from what I could find is that its basicly a sound proxy between apps and alsa..
And Im just wondering what are the benifits of having  pulseaudio vs. Just alsa
I also read that pulse is a direct replacement for ESD and I'm wondering what makes pulse better.
I'm sorry if this seems like a very basic question... I honestly looked and I really only found installtion guides not detailed information about pluseaudio and why its set up in this way

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: linux/gnu audio... questions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PulseAudio

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sankeytm

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From: California

Registered: 2012-03-05

Posts: 28

Re: linux/gnu audio... questions

I thought I could live with just alsa by itself, but I soon realized that there was no easy way of switching between two audio cards on-the-fly. Maybe there is, but now I'm comfortable with using PulseAudio with alsa.