Re: [Ekiga-list] ekiga and pulseaudio

[Julien Puydt <jpuydt free fr>]

Damien Sandras a �it :
> Le mercredi 19 septembre 2007 �6:39 +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth a
> �it :
> > Damien Sandras wrote:
> > > As I mentionned earlier in this thread, if you remap the default device
> > > in .asoundrc and use it in Ekiga, it works.
> > Ok, maybe I should be more precise.
> >
> > I cannot even select a device in ekiga because it does not find any devices.
> >
> > Preferences->Devices->Audio Devices:
> >    Audio plugin set to ALSA
> >    Audio devices show both (input and output) that "No device found"
> >    Detect devices does not change anything.
> >
> > On the hardware view of sound devices this is true because the
> > machine does not have a sound driver loaded but i do have sound
> > with pulseaudio and with alsa's .asoundrc redirection to pulseaudio.
> >
> > Is there any way to dig deeper in ekiga's device discovery (debug)?
>
> It is right.
>
> The plugin is programmed this way :
> if sound devices are found, then allow direct access to those devices
> AND
> add the possibility to access the default device.
>
> That means that if you have a soundcard, you can have direct access to
> the card, but also access through the "default" device that you can
> remap as you wish. If you do not have a soundcard, then the "default"
> device will not be accessible.
>
> The plugin could be changed to alter that behavior.
> It could also be enhanced to allow scanning user defined special devices
> and allow to select them.
>
> This work is yet to be done. Any taker ? (that should not be a complex
> patch to do).

There's a bug about it on bugzilla already, assigned to me with a patch 
and asking for feedback about it working or not.

Snark

PS: bugzilla down : can't give the number!