Dan Capp wrote:
>
> why install pulseaudio in the first place? I don't know to be honest.
> I'm still getting to grips with how Linux audio works and what the
> various drivers and tools even do, let alone how they do it. So it's
> good to hear someone with a different perspective on the usefulness of
> PulseAudio etc. The KXStudio website states the following:
>
> "users will be glad to know that Jack2 is present and that *all* audio
> output is sent to it. This includes Pulse-Audio, which means that you
> don't have to stop Jack if you need to, for example, open a Web Browser
> to watch some tutorial videos."
>
> I've read lots of people agree that this is a great idea - I'm still
> trying to fully understand why because it seems that I DO need to stop
> Jack, or at least re-route it, if I want to open a web browser and watch
> some tutorial videos.
Hmm, I don't have to stop JACK in order to watch a YouTube video. Good
old uncooperative Flash adamantly insists on playing through the lousy
laptop speakers instead of the good speakers!
-- David gnome@email-addr-hidden authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-userReceived on Fri Feb 18 12:15:02 2011
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