Re: [News] Red Hat Developer's Update on PulseAudio, Fedora Live CDs Interview
Re: [News] Red Hat Developer's Update on PulseAudio, Fedora Live CDs Interview
Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:36:45 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:29:09 -0500, Ignoramus9437 wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2008-04-10, Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:38:32 -0500, Ignoramus9437 wrote:
>>>>>>> Here's the Pulseaudio "how to make it work" wiki:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And thats the easy bit. There are many distro specific hacks and the
>>>>>>> need to compile from CVS in many cases.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did absolutely nothing with my sound setup, in either Hardy or
>>>>>> Gutsy, it all just worked. My use of sound is mostly watching movies
>>>>>> or listening to music.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i
>>>>>
>>>>> Try running Ardour and see what happens.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OK, I will try to find time to give it a try, I never used such
>>>> things.
>>>>
>>>> i
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>
>> First questions
>>
>> err, is pulseaudio working with or against jack?!?!? Where is ESD? Err,
>> does this work with arts on KDE? Is alsa a friend or foe of pulseaudio?
>>
>> Aaarrrghhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I have no idea.
> That is why Linux sound systems are so confused.
So lets have a look at the design docs!
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Oops!
OK, lets try a bit easier. Lets look at the introduction!
http://jackaudio.org/documentation
Nothing there! Only the FAQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What about configuring it for our "me too" distro?
"System configuration for success, joy and eternal happiness"
Oh no!!!!!!!!! Nothing!
See? Typical half arsed and incomplete.
What it needs is someone to start ANOTHER sound system!
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