On Wednesday 19 May 2010 23:56:39 walt wrote: > On 05/19/2010 12:59 PM, Fabian Köster wrote: > > Hi *, > > > > I am currently trying to use Phonon and PulseAudio and have the following > > problem: > > > > When I play some Video with a Non-KDE application like VLC everything is > > perfectly directed to the local PulseAudio running on my machine and i > > have the expected sound-output. > > > > But when I use a KDE-Application like Kaffeine or Amarok there is no > > sound output although the stream is listed by pavucontrol... > > Well, since I'm first to answer I get to inject my prejudices first :) > > I think pulse is a very long answer to a very short question and so I did > away with it months ago. And I haven't regretted it. > > Truly, I think very few people need pulse outside of professionals who work > in film or music. The main reason others have disagreed with my opinion is > because your silly desktop sounds like beeps and boings and toilets > flushing interrupt the CD you're listening to. Uh, well, yeah, one sound > generally interrupts another, true. So what? > > I'll bet your audio would do what you expect it to do if you just removed > every trace of pulse from your machine and run revdep-rebuild with the > pulse, arts, and esd useflags disabled (if those flags still exist). > > Contrary opinions will follow shortly ;)
No, I don't think they will :-) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
