Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> Desktop Linux users need these features:
>
> 1: Auto detect sound card
> 2: Easily accessible volume controls
> 3: Easy to define default sound card and route audio streams
> 4: Easy to start mutiple multimedia apps and route the audio
> 5: Easy to change from being a consumer user to a professional user and
> back again.
>
> IMO 1 to 4 have been fairly well accomplished but step 5 is currently fubar.
>
> Pulse should detect if jack has been started and cede control of the
> audio device.
> Pulse should allow users the option of auto switching to the jack i/os
> or using a different device.
> Pulse should retain these configuration settings.
>
> Pulse should assume that when a user starts jack they want their audio
> to be temporarily reconfigured and if that means routing the pulse
> stream to /dev/null for a brief period then it should handle that
> internally and maintain existing application streams. Once it has
> successfully reconfigured to connect with jack or an alternate device it
> can redirect the audio streams to the chosen output.
>
And for those of us running two soundcards (one for desktop, one for
recording) it would be polite if I Pulse would refrain from touching the
'studio' card. Ever.
R
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