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> You'd think the PulseAudio fiasco would have improved the situation PA is in rather good shape now & it has capabilities its predecessors didn't. But it's ve
by AsyncAwait 7y ago
> You'd think the PulseAudio fiasco would have improved the situation
PA is in rather good shape now & it has capabilities its predecessors didn't. But it's very hard to get people to update their notions about something once it sets in.
No matter how much Microsoft tries, Windows will always be 'insecure, virus-ridden', macOS will always be super stable, beautiful, no matter how much Apple screws up & Linux will always be unusable on the desktop no matter how many decades I'll spend enjoying it on the desktop at home and at work.
Sadly, it seems a person's mind tends to naturally lean conservative and it takes a herculean effort to regularly update one's preconceived notions.
- dleslie 7y agoPulseAudio remains practically unusable for an audio workstation; latency in the tens or twenties of miliseconds are unacceptable.
- AsyncAwait 7y agoIf you want realtime, there's JACK. PA is intended to replace/supplement ALSA, it has features like network transparency, per app volume control, EQ, virtual outputs etc. Not every SW has to have every feature, but PA has useful features ALSA doesn't.
- snvzz 7y agoPA can't supplement ALSA, because PA can't cover all cases. It is not suitable for realtime. It's an exercise on self-delusion to pretend PA can replace ALSA as long as it has this blatant issue.