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jaideep_jdof

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From: Delhi, India

Registered: 2006-06-05

Posts: 311

Pulseaudio any good?

Is pulseaudio better than alsa in sould quality?
Has alsa stopped further development?

kensai

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From: Puerto Rico

Registered: 2005-06-03

Posts: 2,484

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Re: Pulseaudio any good?

This interview made me realize the potential of pulseaudio, thats the why it featured in the newsletter.

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jaideep_jdof

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From: Delhi, India

Registered: 2006-06-05

Posts: 311

Re: Pulseaudio any good?

This interview made me realize the potential of pulseaudio, thats the why it featured in the newsletter.

So are you using pulseaudio

Mikko777

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From: Suomi, Finland

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 837

Re: Pulseaudio any good?

I think pulseaudio will rock... Altho when i tried it few days ago I had lots of dropped sounds etcetera in flash and tremulous...
So either i couldnt properly config it or it needs a bit  more polish.

I'd recommend it tho, it solves lots of "multiple programs playing sounds" and "how to get sounds working in game this and that" ...kind of issues (with proper configs )

I don't think it improves soundquality tho, more like opposite (adds latency?)

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erm67

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-08-01

Posts: 123

Re: Pulseaudio any good?

I use it but it is meant to replace esd arts jack not to replace ALSA, pulseaudio actually uses ALSA to output sounds and can happily coexist with dmix (on my hw this configuration doesn't work well).
Some games and some apps don't work with pulseaudio and never will unless patched, this is the biggest drawback. It is a great esd replacement and works very well with arts, however you will need the libflashsupport plugin for flash and generally setup all apps to use it.

kensai

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From: Puerto Rico

Registered: 2005-06-03

Posts: 2,484

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Re: Pulseaudio any good?

This interview made me realize the potential of pulseaudio, thats the why it featured in the newsletter.

So are you using pulseaudio

I haven't had the time to actually make it my default audio wrapper system, but I'm planing to, I just have it installed for now, and when I find the time, I'll start using it. I just thought it was a good application to look forward to.

Last edited by kensai (2007-11-08 21:38:26)

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