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zyronix

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Registered: 2018-05-19

Posts: 1

pianobar can't get pulseaudio device

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/!\ Cannot open audio device.
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/!\ Cannot open audio device.

I've had the same problem with CAVA, etc.  I use pulseaudio, I even have a notifications applet that works great, I can't understand why so many other apps can't recognize my audio device.  My audio works fine, in browser, out browser, it just works - except in these few apps, which have no option of specifying pulse audio.. I would assume it would just select the default device, but its not?  Please somebody help a very frustrated person...

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,074

Re: pianobar can't get pulseaudio device

pianobar uses libao, you can adjust your /etc/libao.conf and set the default_driver=pulse (and remove the dev line)

More generally, make sure you have pulseaudio-alsa installed, as that will set up a compatibility config that applications which can only use the ALSA API will be redirected to pulse if they open the default device.

Last edited by V1del (2018-05-19 10:56:29)