Re: PulseAudio

[Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>]

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:
>
>> I guess the factors are:
>> 1) Does GuixSD have a default audio setup that we should target? If
>> GuixSD uses PulseAudio, then I think it would be good for eSpeak to be
>> integrated into that sytem.
>> 2) Does this package, which launches PulseAudio, work for anyone on a
>> foreign distro?
>
> It’s not written anywhere, but I think most of our audio packages target
> PulseAudio (that’s what I use on GuixSD.)  I’m in favor of consistently
> using it, and it would probably be best to write it down in the manual.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Ludo’.

I'd really like it if we just agreed that in general, yeah, we want
Pulseaudio support.  I used to spend all sorts of time fighting my audio
setup, being careful on what application opened first so I could be sure
which one grabbed control of Alsa.  I hadn't had this problem in a few
years, and it was so nice not to worry about it, but on Guix I've had
some times where I have again... eg playing audio/video in Icecat
seems not to use it for whatever reason, and it's a bummer, because then
I have to be careful about when I start rhythmbox or whatever.

I'd love to mostly not worry/think about audio issues again!