fedoraproject.org — PulseAudio is a next-generation sound server for GNU/Linux, creating the possibility of enabling all sorts of "ear-candy": it's possible to dynamically control the volume of individual applications, and hot-plugging works great with it. Read on for more details, including what can be expected in the future.
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toadlegOct 31, 2007
A screenshot is nice to illustrate what the backend does. From the screenshot on the Fedora wiki, you can see how it individually controls sound per application, how it lists "input" and "output" items, and that you can change parameters on the fly by right clicking. Without having to read anything.
gmorganOct 31, 2007
Bah, less monolithic tying of totally unrelated features we want. Having a network graphic system is insane enough, adding a sound one on top of it would be even worse. If people want these things they write a library that combines the necessary things above the primitive subsystems. This is sane software engineering rather than stark raving mad like X11.As for PulseAudio, the best thing about it is we can emulate all the major Linux sound systems on top of it. If we can get everyone to agree to move to Pulse then we can finally put the mess that is Linux sound in some sort of order and that has to be good.
vincenoirNov 1, 2007
Do not comment on things you obviously have no knowledge of, or interest in. It simply serves to make you look like a dickhole. A history lesson for the jackass:On Freshmeat, the Pulseaudio project was added on July 17th 2004 (It was called Polyp Audio then): <a class="user" href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/pulseaudio/">http://freshmeat.net/projects/pulseaudio/</a>On WIkipedia, Windows VIsta is stated to have been released January 30th, 2007: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_vista">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_vista</a>Even taking into account the fact that Microsoft might have been working on the multiple application volume levels (unlikely since they've always had their heads up their asse where media applications are concerned other than "business audio" which is a f**king joke) as far back as 2005, when VIsta was officially announced. That isn't really a fair comparison. Pulse can do things that Windows Vista users can only dream of. Get back to me when you can have one audio application playing sound on all of you computers in the house over the network. Wake me up when Windows Vista can let you have your desktop with all apps including audio apps follow you from one machine to another without missing a beat. Then, and only then will you illustrate that you might have a clue about what you're talking about. Until that time, I suggest you cut off your dick and shove it in you mouth so you won't sound like the f**kwad you are. I'm just sayin...
mwiriadiNov 5, 2007
It replaces esd in fedora. I think it works the same way in kde as in it replaces arts and arts will refer to pulseaudio instead. That said I'm not 100% of the kde aspect I know thats the case now for esd.
mediatorNov 6, 2007
Awesome, fedora gets more appealing after every release!