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#1 2010-08-12 14:15:03
- Paaskehare
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[Solved] Sound with ALSA and PulseAudio at the same time?
Hi, I am using arch linux to play Counter Strike on.
While it works fine and all, I just don't get any sound in CS because I am using Mangler, which only seems to work with my microphone if I use PulseAudio.
I hope this is a rather simple issue, basicly, I just want to enable sound in PulseAudio and ALSA at the same time, is this possible? 
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#2 2010-08-12 14:19:21
- ngoonee
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Re: [Solved] Sound with ALSA and PulseAudio at the same time?
Read the wiki on Pulseaudio, you can set alsa up so that all ALSA apps play through pulseaudio.
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#3 2010-08-12 14:39:26
- Paaskehare
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Re: [Solved] Sound with ALSA and PulseAudio at the same time?
I have read that PulseAudio decreases sound quality, and therefore I would not like to use this as a systemwide driver, but rather only where it is needed.
Please correct me if I am wrong
Edit:
Ok, sound quality isn't noticeably worse, so this will do. HOWEVER, while I am in Counter Strike my sound is delayed by ~1 second, and it is therefore useless, any thoughts on that matter?
Edit again .. Solved this time:
I set my ALSA plugin in winecfg to "Hardware Acceleration: Emulation" - that seemed to do the trick.
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#4 2010-08-12 23:08:05
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Re: [Solved] Sound with ALSA and PulseAudio at the same time?
I have read that PulseAudio decreases sound quality, and therefore I would not like to use this as a systemwide driver, but rather only where it is needed.
Please correct me if I am wrong
You are wrong but you've figured that out yourself already.
Pulseaudio is the target of a whole lot of bias. No, its not perfect, but it does a particular job well, without many downsides. Audio quality is not one of them.
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