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

[Philip Rhoades]

Christopher,


On 2012-02-23 17:15, Christopher R. Antila wrote:
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> On 02/22/2012 04:05 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>> 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.
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> 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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