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Idea #11649: option: forcing all sound through one interface/driver t

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #14682: Unify sound drivers and the sound api.
Written by scientus the 30 Jul 08 at 12:03. Category: Multimedia. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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calling for a merge in sound is a common request but doesnt really make sense since only ALSA is even decent. I wish however if there was an option to force all programs to go through 1 driver or card so firefox flash doesnt do whatever it wants to and I dont have to disable a second sound card in order to get everything out the same speakers
Tags: ALSA OSS sound

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Written by scientus the 30 Jul 08 at 12:03.
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carmack78 wrote on the 30 Jul 08 at 12:28
A common sound system would be more beneficial then trying to emulate/redirect other systems to ALSA or other selected 1 system.

Considering continuous development of other systems, features etc... In order to do something like that, the 'redirector' should be in the level of large-all-features-included layer, much like a common-sound-system but more complicated, because of interactions of different systems. If I'm not mistaken :)

I'll go for a common-sound-system.

Ati500 wrote on the 30 Jul 08 at 13:47
With Pulse, you will be able to do that.

ubby wrote on the 30 Jul 08 at 15:52
For me Pulse audio doesn't work correct.
There is also a bug report for.

Ati500 wrote on the 30 Jul 08 at 16:43
Well, yes, I don't say that Pulse is complete and/or suitable for everybody, just that you can do this in the near future, so I don't think it should be reported to anywhere, because the work is already begun.


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