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Now you made me curious. How would I be able to switch between different sound cards on the fly without restarting applications if PulseAudio did not exist?
by gamzer 14y ago
Now you made me curious. How would I be able to switch between different sound cards on the fly without restarting applications if PulseAudio did not exist?
- toyg 14y agoHow many people ever had more than one sound card in their computer, let alone a need to switch between them ? http://xkcd.com/619/ http://xkcd.com/619/
- JoshTriplett 14y agoEveryone with headphones or headsets using Bluetooth or USB.
- shardling 14y agoI have some USB speakers I'm fond of, and PulseAudio was indeed the only way they ever worked right for me on Linux.
- akldfgj 14y agoAs CPU counts continue to rise and Flash support continues to get dropped from more pltforms, that comic will become more ironic.
- zokier 14y agoI think I have four: Onboard audio, pcie sound card, usb microphone and hdmi audio on video card.
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- CamperBob2 14y agoNot sure if serious
- dsr_ 14y agoLet's take a common case: I have a motherboard sound device which I use 95% of the time, and I have a USB camera that has a built-in microphone. When I go to settings in Google Hangout, it asks me which device I want to use. ALSA presents the interfaces. I choose whatever combination I want -- mic from the camera, headphone out through the mobo -- and it works.