Re: ALSA instead of pulseaudio on new sid - now [OT] serious audiophiles

2012-01-25 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/01/12 20:07, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > On 25/01/2012 03:07, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 25/01/12 12:37, John Hasler wrote: >>> Scott writes: > >> >> [*1] Audiophiles use electrostatic speakers, Class A amplifiers, >> and shun the crudities of "digital" sound (apparently). > > They also sl

Re: ALSA instead of pulseaudio on new sid

2012-01-25 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
On 25/01/2012 03:07, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 25/01/12 12:37, John Hasler wrote: Scott writes: You'll discover the minor pain of learning Pulse is a very profitable investment. For those of us who are not audiophiles and have very simple audio needs, what does Pulse add? Hi John, a common m

Re: ALSA instead of pulseaudio on new sid

2012-01-24 Thread John Hasler
Scott writes: > I imagine you meant to ask "what are the benefits of Pulse Audio?" > https://www.linux.com/news/hardware/drivers/8100-why-you-should-care-about-pulseaudio-and-how-to-start-doing-it I see nothing there that I need. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: ALSA instead of pulseaudio on new sid

2012-01-24 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/01/12 12:37, John Hasler wrote: > Scott writes: >> You'll discover the minor pain of learning Pulse is a very profitable >> investment. > > For those of us who are not audiophiles and have very simple audio > needs, what does Pulse add? Hi John, a common misconception. Jackd is for audioph

Re: ALSA instead of pulseaudio on new sid

2012-01-24 Thread John Hasler
Scott writes: > You'll discover the minor pain of learning Pulse is a very profitable > investment. For those of us who are not audiophiles and have very simple audio needs, what does Pulse add? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: ALSA instead of pulseaudio on new sid

2012-01-24 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/01/12 10:45, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:32:34 +0100, Raven wrote: > >> Hi guys. >> I have a fairly new install of sid with the new fancy gnome3 and all the >> eye-candy tweaks. I don't really like it, but that's another story.. >> >> Anyway, before reinstalling sid I used t

Re: ALSA instead of pulseaudio on new sid

2012-01-24 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:32:34 +0100, Raven wrote: > Hi guys. > I have a fairly new install of sid with the new fancy gnome3 and all the > eye-candy tweaks. I don't really like it, but that's another story.. > > Anyway, before reinstalling sid I used to have the sound coming from > ALSA..it was wor

ALSA instead of pulseaudio on new sid

2012-01-24 Thread Raven
Hi guys. I have a fairly new install of sid with the new fancy gnome3 and all the eye-candy tweaks. I don't really like it, but that's another story.. Anyway, before reinstalling sid I used to have the sound coming from ALSA..it was working great. Mic worked, SPDIF worked and I had real control ov