18 May
2016
18 May
'16
11:15 a.m.
On Wed, 18 May 2016 04:49:52 -0400
Felix Miata <mrmazda(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
apt-get install pavucontrol
But... it says you have pulseaudio installed, and
unless you have taken
effort to setup it in a sane way it is probably in an "alsa takeover"
mode (why maintainers of ALL distribution do this by default is a
greatest mystery of 21-st century, i suspect some vicious conspiracy).
This means all apps use pulse even if you instruct them to use alsa, so
you have to select default card in pulse (pavucontrol) instead. Or
disable "alsa takeover" mode in pulse.
pavucontrol command not found
Lacking instruction for "takeover" mode manipulation, I purged
pulseaudio*. That killed system and Youtube sounds, but left 'aplay -vv
-Dhdmi:0,0 foo.wav' and VLC working.
Purging pulseaudio is not an option in modern world, too many programs can
only output to it.
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Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky(a)gmail.com)