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I guess? If I have a video player or a game/emulator in the foreground then I think it deserves direct access to the audio device and I just don't like the idea
by ahefner 5y ago
I guess? If I have a video player or a game/emulator in the foreground then I think it deserves direct access to the audio device and I just don't like the idea of a userspace sound server in the middle. For a music player or whatever other random stuff, sure, mix it however, send it over Bluetooth, who cares. I've given up fighting PulseAudio, though, and with one audio device I can't have it both ways.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoPulseAudio obeys a (dbus) protocol that Lennart and I worked out that allows JACK (or Ardour) to show up and say "hey, I want the device". Any other application could implement it. Pipewire has (AFAIK) implemented the same protocol.
- ahefner 5y agoThat is super cool, thanks for the information!