On lun., 2012-06-11 at 09:07 -0400, Andres Cimmarusti wrote: > > Didn't yet read the whole ubuntu bug, but xfce4-volumed uses gstreamer, > > it doesn't “speak directly to the sound card”. Can't you just switch to > > gstreamer-pulseaudio? > > I have it installed and I used these two commands to make it use > pulseaudio by default: > > $ gconftool-2 -t string --set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosink > pulsesink > $ gconftool-2 -t string --set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosrc pulsesrc > > But that didn't work at all. In gnome I remember using a GUI called > gstreamer-properties to adjust this sort of thing, but from what I > found online, these two commands should have done the same thing. > > Is there anything I need to do to "switch"?
No idea, I don't use pulseaudio. > > > If you feel lucky/adventurous (and know how to use git and compile > > sources), you can try an experimental port of xfce4-volumed to > > PulseAudio I wrote 2 weeks ago: > > <http://lionel.lefolgoc.net/code/xfce4-volumed-pulse> > > It doesn't support gstreamer anymore, only pulseaudio, hasn't received > > much testing (well, I installed PulseAudio to test :), but at least > > here, it seems to work, and it should do what you want (i.e. it follows > > what output you set as default in pavucontrol). > > > > (It's for testing purposes only, and not really ready for inclusion in > > any distribution. I haven't decided yet what to do with it: merge it > > back in xfce4-volumed, or release a pulse-only fork. I need to talk with > > the original author about that...) > > I might give this a try later when I have a bit more time. > > Shouldn't xfce4-volumed (for purposes of Debian wheezy release) be > uninstallable if pulseaudio and pavucontrol are to be used? Why? If there's a problem somewhere, it might just be in gstreamer-pulseaudio. -- Yves-Alexis
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