From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Allan Webber Subject: Re: PulseAudio Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 13:26:32 -0800 Message-ID: <87lh6ty3wb.fsf@dustycloud.org> References: <8737u160jz.fsf@gnu.org> 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]:52459) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTFo1-0001vp-2p for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:26:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTFnw-0004Bz-13 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:26:41 -0500 In-reply-to: <8737u160jz.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Leo Famulari 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=E2=80=99s not written anywhere, but I think most of our audio packag= es target > PulseAudio (that=E2=80=99s what I use on GuixSD.) I=E2=80=99m in favor= of consistently > using it, and it would probably be best to write it down in the manual. > > Thoughts? > > Ludo=E2=80=99. 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!