That was exactly what I needed to know. That blink was an alsa only program. And that pulseaudio could somehow export its devices as alsa devices. Thank you Dan Pascu !
Finally I managed to integrate it seamlessly into Pulseaudio and I wrote a howto about how I did it: https://adrian15sgd.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/blink-sip-client-pulseaudio-setup/ Feedback in case some of my explanations are incorrect is welcome. ----- Mensaje original ----- > De: "Dan Pascu" <[email protected]> > Para: "blink" <[email protected]> > Enviados: Martes, 28 de Noviembre 2017 13:17:41 > Asunto: Re: [Blink] Select device on linux pulseaudio > Blink is an alsa only software and as such it can only see alsa devices. The > reason you see that generic pulseaudio device is because pulseaudio exports > its > main device into alsa, making it available as an alsa device. If you want to > see specific pulseaudio devices you need to configure pulseaudio to export > them > as alsa devices (if possible at all). > In short, if you cannot see it with > aplay -l | grep card > then you cannot use it. > On 24 Nov 2017, at 12:52, Adrian Gibanel wrote: > > Hello, > > I am using: Blink 3.0.3 on Debian 9 Stretch. >> I used sflphone previously and Blink it's much better because audio is heard >> ok > > and without problems. > > So thank you! >> 1) My current problem or request for enhacement is being able to select > > pulseaudio device in audio settings. > > I go to: Blink. Preferences. Audio and for each one of the: > > * Input Device > > * Output Device > > * Alert Device > > I've got these dropdown options: > > * System Default > > * Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server > > * USB PnP Sound Device, USB Audio > > * USB PnP Sound Device, Digital (S/PDIF) > > * HDA Intel PCH, ALC662 rev3 Analog > > * None >> 2) I would like to either be able to choose between an Alsa device or a > > Pulseaudio device: > > * System Default > > * CM108 (pulse) > > * Audio Interno (pulse) > > * USB PnP Sound Device, USB Audio (alsa) > > * USB PnP Sound Device, Digital (S/PDIF) (alsa) > > * HDA Intel PCH, ALC662 rev3 Analog (alsa) > > * None >> Or... just being able to switch between Alsa and Pulseaudio systems where >> when > > Pulseaudio is choosen to show my Pulseaudio devices which they are: > > * CM108 > > * Audio Interno >> 3) Not being able to select an specific device with pulse is a problem to me > > because I want my Alert device to be different than the Input Device. >> Currently I am using the HDA Intel Device as the Alert Device. This is not >> working always because sometimes the pulseaudio control takes control of it >> and > > then,... >> blink as being an alsa client... it's not able to interact with it >> simultaneously (as it would happen without any problem with the pulseaudio > > system). >> 4) I think I'm going to explore the workaround of blacklisting the "HDA Intel >> PCH" device on pulseaudio configuration so that it's never used but a proper > > fix from blink is welcome. >> 5) I'm quite an expert GNU/Linux user and I'm willing to build development >> versions of Blink and test them (although nightly builds would be easier to > > test of course). > > Thank you for any related feedback you can give me. > > -- > > Adrián Gibanel -- Adrián Gibanel I.T. Manager +34 675 683 301 +34 973 270 382 www.btactic.com Abans d´imprimir aquest missatge, pensa en el medi ambient. El medi ambient és cosa de tothom. / Antes de imprimir el mensaje piensa en el medio ambiente. El medio ambiente es cosa de todos. / Before printing this message, think about the environment. The environment is something for everyone. AVIS: El contingut d'aquest missatge i els seus annexos és confidencial. Si no en sou el destinatari, us fem saber que està prohibit utilitzar-lo, divulgar-lo i/o copiar-lo sense tenir l'autorització corresponent. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error, us agrairem que ho feu saber immediatament al remitent i que procediu a destruir el missatge . AVISO: El contenido de este mensaje y de sus anexos es confidencial. Si no es el destinatario, les hacemos saber que está prohibido utilizarlo, divulgarlo y/o copiarlo sin tener la autorización correspondiente. Si han recibido este mensaje por error, les agradeceríamos que lo hagan saber inmediatamente al remitente y que procedan a destruir el mensaje . WARNING: The content of this message and its attachments is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you do know that it is forbidden to use it, disclose it and / or copying it without authorization. If you have received this message in error, please send them to you do know the sender immediately and proceed to destroy the message. _______________________________________________ Blink mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ag-projects.com/mailman/listinfo/blink
