[Fedora-music-list] Call to arms - Fedora Audio Spin

[Brian Monroe]

What about those of us that don't have external/Proaudio usb or firewire
devices? Or those that have them, but that aren't supported in linux, so
they'll have to use their onboard audio. Is Jack/Pulse going to work well
together onboard?

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Philip Rhoades <phil at pricom.com.au> wrote:

> Christopher,
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> On 2012-02-23 17:15, Christopher R. Antila wrote:
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>> On 02/22/2012 04:05 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
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>>> Christopher,
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>>> ...
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>>> That hasn't been my experience - after much pain over the last few
>>> years with audio,  the first thing I do is remove PA and just use
>>> ALSA . . but I am an audio guru wannabe . .
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>>
>>
>> If "the first thing [you] do" is literally remove PulseAudio, then how
>> would you know whether it works? Okay okay... you probably meant
>> something like "I'm still waiting for PulseAudio to improve on my
>> computer."
>>
>> But that's the real issue. In our ideal world, PulseAudio would
>> coexist happily with JACK for every user. There are definitely
>> problems to sort out, but the Right Thing To Do is ensure everything
>> works together for everybody. I'd be happy with a a well-documented,
>> easy-to-use method of removing PulseAudio. But this is Fedora, and at
>> Fedora we aim for ideal situations and get there a few releases later.
>>
>> Ultimately I'll be happy with whatever the community decides to do, as
>> long as everybody has a chance to participate. So why doesn't
>> PulseAudio work for you? Can we make it work?
>>
>
>
> Perhaps I am being a little unfair - a few years ago, after getting a new
> MB: Intel DG45ID I found it had a problem with the drivers (?) that
> resulted in a Mic/LineIn reversal - it took me AGES to figure out a way of
> getting it to work - PA was an unnecessary complicating layer in this case.
>  So I guess it was a case of sticking with what I knew would work from
> thereafter . .
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil.
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