From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: mumble issues with pulseaudio Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 15:46:13 +0000 Message-ID: <20170401154613.olv3qzrd72x36edb@abyayala> References: <20170331182310.noh3apyuautud73j@abyayala> <87shlsi814.fsf@gnu.org> <20170401154331.ayicbw46mttkpsle@abyayala> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41216) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuKIo-00081A-Ls for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2017 10:46:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuKIk-0005GO-2E for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2017 10:46:54 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170401154331.ayicbw46mttkpsle@abyayala> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= , help-guix@gnu.org ng0 transcribed 1.6K bytes: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s transcribed 0.9K bytes: > > Hello, > >=20 > > ng0 skribis: > >=20 > > > The bug is, you have to close every possible open application which > > > could make use of sound input/output (webbrowser, IM, etc) then sha= ke > > > the random dice pair and hope that Mumble detected your sound devic= es. > > > If it didn't, you have to wait some seconds and restart Mumble and > > > repeat it until your sound devices appear to be working. > > > This is annoying and can leave you with the impression that it does= n't > > > work - but it does work. > >=20 > > Could it be that Mumble does *not* use PulseAudio, but instead attemp= ts > > to use ALSA directly? >=20 > It was listed as a dependency (if I remember correctly). When I start > mumble, it appears under 'Applications' and 'All Streams' but not > 'Virtual Streams'. I avoided getting into pulseaudio for a long time, s= o > I can only guess (and read up on the topic). > A clear sign that it does use pulseaudio would be references in the > source code, messages in standard output / log with reference to > pulseaudio, and what else? This is the output just shortly after boot, ran pavucontrol before it: [user@abyayala ~]$ mumble CELT bitstream 8000000b from /gnu/store/04nqixbnmv29v1nzansp50ppa5gdza4q-mumble-1.2.19/lib/mumble/libc= elt0.so.0.7.0 CELT bitstream 80000010 from /gnu/store/04nqixbnmv29v1nzansp50ppa5gdza4q-mumble-1.2.19/lib/mumble/libc= elt0.so.0.11.0 Locale is "en_US" (System: "en_US") TextToSpeech: Failed to contact speech dispatcher. Database SQLite: "3.7.7.1"=20 Overlay: Listening on "/home/user/.MumbleOverlayPipe"=20 GlobalShortcutX: Using XI2 2.3 AudioInput: 40000 bits/s, 48000 hz, 480 sample PulseAudio: Starting input alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo PulseAudio: Starting output: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo AudioOutput: Initialized 1 channel 44100 hz mixer AudioInput: Initialized mixer for 1 channel 44100 hz mic and 0 channel 48000 hz echo warning: The VAD has been replaced by a hack pending a complete rewrite =20 > > PulseAudio works best when all the applications on the system use it. > > :-) You can check with =E2=80=98pavucontrol=E2=80=99 the list of app= lications currently > > doing audio with PulseAudio. >=20 > The problem is that mumble sometimes appears in Applications of > pavucontrol and sometimes it doesn't. >=20 > > Note that applications that use PulseAudio, including =E2=80=98pavuco= ntrol=E2=80=99, > > automatically start the pulseaudio daemon if it=E2=80=99s not already= running. > >=20 > > HTH! > > Ludo=E2=80=99. > >=20 >=20