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This was an entertaining talk from CCC in 2011 on desktop Linux. 'datenwolf' was the speaker, and he starts talking about sound in Linux here. [1] He's quickly

by justsee 13y ago

This was an entertaining talk from CCC in 2011 on desktop Linux. 'datenwolf' was the speaker, and he starts talking about sound in Linux here. [1] He's quickly interrupted by the maintainer of PulseAudio, and this interruption continues throughout the talk. My takeaway was that if there was still this amount of confusion and misunderstanding in the community, my frustrating experiences with sound in desktop Ubuntu was not atypical of dekstop Linux users. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTdUmlGxVo0#t=11m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTdUmlGxVo0#t=11m

vinkelhake 13y ago
Wolfgang 'datenwolf' Draxinger later, in true Bender-style, started his own audio system [1]. The creator of JACK had some comments [2]. They also went head to head in a thread on phoronix around that time. [1] http://klang.eudyptula.org http://klang.eudyptula.org [2] https://community.ardour.org/pd_on_klang https://community.ardour.org/pd_on_klang
makomk 13y ago
PulseAudio decided - as it does - to turn my headphone volume up to 100% when that video started playing. Gotta love audio on Linux!
- bkor 13y ago
  Are you sure it is PulseAudio? In case of multiple outputs (headphones, speakers), PulseAudio can change volumes of them based on data from ALSA. Intention is that volume stays the same, except if the data from ALSA is wrong. Even with one output wrong info from ALSA will result in sudden volume changes.
bkor 13y ago
Your takeaway should be that the speaker is very confused and got a lot of things totally wrong. The presentation is not about PulseAudio, it is about various stacks. The amount of things he states that are just wrong is unbelievable. Lennart is pointing out all the flaws. It has been suggested that this somehow is an attack. IMO, if a talk need that much correcting, something is wrong with the talk. Anyway, one confused speaker is not representive of a community.

by justsee 13y ago

vinkelhake 13y ago

Wolfgang 'datenwolf' Draxinger later, in true Bender-style, started his own audio system [1]. The creator of JACK had some comments [2]. They also went head to head in a thread on phoronix around that time. [1] http://klang.eudyptula.org http://klang.eudyptula.org [2] https://community.ardour.org/pd_on_klang https://community.ardour.org/pd_on_klang

makomk 13y ago

PulseAudio decided - as it does - to turn my headphone volume up to 100% when that video started playing. Gotta love audio on Linux!

bkor 13y ago
Are you sure it is PulseAudio? In case of multiple outputs (headphones, speakers), PulseAudio can change volumes of them based on data from ALSA. Intention is that volume stays the same, except if the data from ALSA is wrong. Even with one output wrong info from ALSA will result in sudden volume changes.

bkor 13y ago

Your takeaway should be that the speaker is very confused and got a lot of things totally wrong. The presentation is not about PulseAudio, it is about various stacks. The amount of things he states that are just wrong is unbelievable. Lennart is pointing out all the flaws. It has been suggested that this somehow is an attack. IMO, if a talk need that much correcting, something is wrong with the talk. Anyway, one confused speaker is not representive of a community.