[arch-general] PulseAudio again (was: change in mount behaviour?)

[Leonid Isaev]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:24:07 +0100
Heiko Baums <lists at baums-on-web.de> wrote:

> Am Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:05:25 +0000
> schrieb Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org>:
> 
> > PA is for 'consumer' use, its scope ends at ITU 5.1 or so.
> > It doesn't support any serious multichannel card (like the
> > the comlete RME series, up to 64+64 channels). Users of such
> > cards don't need or want PA, so it's really not a problem at
> > all.
> 
> That's principally what I said. The problem is that several distros and
> DEs like Gnome depend on PulseAudio as far as I know. This is
> what I'm concerned about. Arch Linux and Xfce, what I'm using,
> fortunately don't depend on it.
> 
> If PulseAudio was generally only optional and if its developers
> wouldn't try to declare it as a standard, I just wouldn't care.
> 
> > If you use such cards you probably have Jack running, and
> > if you really want PA you can configure it as a Jack client.
> 
> I'm using an M-Audio Audiophile 24/96, so one of the cheapest
> semi-professional audio cards of this kind. And I admit I primarily use
> it for listening to music, watching videos etc. because of its sound
> quality.
> 
> But you're right I don't want and need PulseAudio.
> 
> Heiko

Please please please not again!!!

PA is a great consumer thing, and that's exactly what we need. Because noone
cares about "pro" audio solutions which are a nightmare to configure.

PA goes far beyond you KDE/gnome to embedded systems with android and webos.
Having different volume controls for different ergimes is very handy there.

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