On 05/10/13 15:19, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
On Saturday 2013-10-05 16:04, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Pulse audio solves the problem that I had of two applications or more wanting to use sound at the same time, which was impossible for me. Some cards did allow this, mine did not. While it is true that some soundcard do support hardware mixing and some don't, ALSA already has a softmixer - it does not need another one like PA for that. Some of us need networked sound, without pulseaudio some of our apps would not work. Since version 1 pulseaudio worked and those of us who use it on different distros found no problems right up through to version 4.
When I read that "it doesn't need ......" I smiled, like the time when I was asked on the VirtualBox forum what I needed 2 sound cards for? Sometimes I have needed 4. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org