On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:35, Raffaele Morelli > <raffaele.more...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > if you want two or more audio apps to share the same sound device, start > > qjackctl, tell vlc to use jack output module and do the same with other > apps > > if needed. > > > > In qjackctl connection panel you should see all your alsa compliant apps > > listed as readable clients and the sound device as writeable clients. > > > > Using skype together with other apps is also possible even if it's a > little > > more tricky, have a look at > > http://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge > > > > I can run skype togeter with other jack/alsa compliant apps, record them > > and/or route audio output between them using Qjackctl. > > > > That sounds excessively complicated. PA will work fine (and automatically), > it just needs to be setup correctly. I set mine up long ago, and it has > never > given me problems (well, a few times the PA volume got muted and had to > be unmuted, but that is about it). > > It has been a while since I setup PA, and I don't have my Debian > box here, so I can't say much until about 5:00 Pacific standard time. > > When you say Pandora, you mean the internet radio, right? In that case > the app is the browser (and not Flash anymore, thankfully. Although even > that is better than it used to be). > > Make sure the PA plugins for various programs are installed: > vlc-plugin-pulse > gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio > > Much more when I get home. > > Cheers, > Kelly Clowers > > Can you elaborate on what you mean by "it just needs to be setup correctly"? I'm going to be working on this issue today. Before I install the applications that Raffaele recommended, I want to give Pulseaudio one more chance because I would rather figure out the problem than to circumvent it. OTOH, I don't want to fight a losing battle either.
