Re: [Ekiga-list] ekiga and pulseaudio

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le mercredi 19 septembre 2007 �4:56 +0200, Jan Kasprzak a �it :
> Damien Sandras wrote:
> : Le mercredi 19 septembre 2007 �3:45 +0200, Jan Kasprzak a �it :
> : > 	Hello,
> : > 
> : > does ekiga work with PulseAudio? I want to use PA for sharing the sound
> : > card, storing the volume settings, etc. However, ekiga does not
> : > seem to work with it:
> : > 
> : > - I use ALSA audio plugin
> : > - I have the following .asoundrc:
> : > 
> : > pcm.!default {
> : >     type pulse
> : > }
> : > 
> : > ctl.!default {
> : >     type pulse
> : > }
> : > 
> : > - "aplay something.wav" works.
> : > - when I call 500 ekiga net, I get the "Could not open audio channel
> : > 	for audio transmission" message.
> : > - I have tried both "Default" and "VIA 8237" input and output devices
> : > 	in Preferences -> Audio Devices dialog, none of this work.
> : 
> : Perhaps you should try on their mailing list... The problem is probably
> : related to pulseaudio itself...
> 
> 	Maybe.
> 
> 	The main question probably is whether ekiga ALSA plugin
> supports reading and using the .asoundrc configuration at all. Because

Of course, it is transparent. As long as you use the Default device, it
will use whatever configuration comes with the Default device.

> so far it seems ekiga tries to access the ALSA device directly
> no matter what is written in .asoundrc. Using "ls -ltu" I have found
> that ekiga does not reread .asoundrc even when "Detect devices"
> button in the Audio Devices dialog is pressed.

It is transparent, and handled by libasound.
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