Comments on: The latest PulseAudio on Ubuntu http://rudd-o.com/archives/2008/01/05/the-latest-pulseaudio-on-ubuntu/ We only do fun stuff. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:46:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rudd-O http://rudd-o.com/archives/2008/01/05/the-latest-pulseaudio-on-ubuntu/#comment-405721 Rudd-O Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:19:21 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2008/01/05/the-latest-pulseaudio-on-ubuntu/#comment-405721 <p>It's the next compiz for audio. Lennart has already spoken of stereolocation of audio events on the screen, and more work is being done to bring audio bling here.</p> <p>For now, I can only tell you that I'm using to cast audio events, movies and songs to my audio server, because my computer doesn't have any PCI slots and I'm too cheap to get a decent semipro USB device (those are at least $80).</p> <p>For the rest of the world, all I can say is that, if you get close to your computer, and you've paired your cellphone's Bluetooth headphone with your computer, you'll get the option of switching your music to your headset, no fuss, no muss. It's awesome.</p> It’s the next compiz for audio. Lennart has already spoken of stereolocation of audio events on the screen, and more work is being done to bring audio bling here.

For now, I can only tell you that I’m using to cast audio events, movies and songs to my audio server, because my computer doesn’t have any PCI slots and I’m too cheap to get a decent semipro USB device (those are at least $80).

For the rest of the world, all I can say is that, if you get close to your computer, and you’ve paired your cellphone’s Bluetooth headphone with your computer, you’ll get the option of switching your music to your headset, no fuss, no muss. It’s awesome.

]]> By: Oli http://rudd-o.com/archives/2008/01/05/the-latest-pulseaudio-on-ubuntu/#comment-405652 Oli Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:37:35 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2008/01/05/the-latest-pulseaudio-on-ubuntu/#comment-405652 <p>For users who don't know what PulseAudio is (or don't understand why it's as good as everybody says it is), myself included, could you just explain what all the hoo-har is about?</p> <p>I keep seeing it touted as the "compiz for audio" and that it's going to blow our ears away, but I don't understand how it's going to effect how I do things.</p> <p>My understanding is it sits above existing audio drivers (ALSA and OSS) and handles incoming audio from applications (if you tell them to do that).. But why is that better than connecting directly to ALSA?</p> For users who don’t know what PulseAudio is (or don’t understand why it’s as good as everybody says it is), myself included, could you just explain what all the hoo-har is about?

I keep seeing it touted as the “compiz for audio” and that it’s going to blow our ears away, but I don’t understand how it’s going to effect how I do things.

My understanding is it sits above existing audio drivers (ALSA and OSS) and handles incoming audio from applications (if you tell them to do that).. But why is that better than connecting directly to ALSA?

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