On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 05:04:27PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:00:20PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> Is anybody using pulseaudio in Debian? I am interested to know what is > >> its status in Debian Sid and Lenny. If somebody has been successful in > >> installing and running it, could you share your experience. > > > > I tried it some time ago and gave up in frustration, but > > recently gave it another try. I was specifically trying to > > solve the problem of USB audio: different apps seemed to have > > different ways of dealing with this, so I couldn't just plug > > in USB speakers and go, I had to do one thing for the system > > as a whole, then a different thing in one sound program, then > > another thing for blah blah blah. > > > > The PA installation and setup was a bit of a drag, though I > > followed detailed instructions online. And now that it's > > working, it's perfect; everything Just Works. There are a few > > minor problems I'm having but on the whole I'm glad I did it. > > > > Jesse Sheidlower > > Having read what people posted, it appears that pulseaudio is on the > right track. In this thread, only Paul has discouraged its use and > Preston is having trouble (appears to be a hardware problem), and two > others are having a ball of a time with pa. > > So if it works, it is wonderful. If it doesn't, it is a pain to get > working. Moreover, it has networked sound. So I can play a movie on my > media PC in my home lan over at my laptop -- if I understand pa correctly. > > Now if somebody can describe the steps which are fairly reliable to get > it to work on a Debian machine, I might give it another shot in the not > too distant future when I get some time.
The two documents I found to be exceptionally helpful (used in combination) were an extensive Debian how-to at http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=12497 and PA's own docs at http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup Jesse Sheidlower -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
