Re: Live streaming from PulseAudio in Ubuntu 12.04

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

On Di, 2012-07-10 at 20:05 +0100, Gavin Hamill wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 08:04 +0200, Jens Georg wrote:
> 
> > Did you load module module-http-protocol-tcp as well as
> > module-rygel-media-server in pulseaudio? This error and the 0 bytes
> > indicate that the actual stream source is missing.
> 
> Ah that's the missing piece :) I couldn't find any reference to it
> anywhere obvious, so I've updated the GNOME Live wiki in the hopes it'll
> help other lost souls in future:
> 
> https://live.gnome.org/Rygel/Pulseaudio

Awesome, thank you :)

> 
> > Also, in Ubuntu, the monitor sources tend to be muted by default, you
> > need to unmute it using pacmd set-source-mute (That's for later if you
> > get a stream but no audio output).
> 
> Thanks for the tip, but it worked first time without having to un-mute.
> Perhaps the Ubuntu defaults have changed.

Ah, fine. That caused a great confusion last time someone tried that
(and with me as well).

> 
> It tests OK on both my Android phone and my Samsung TV. It's puerile,
> but I've uploaded a screenshot of the TV display when playing; it made
> me laugh:  http://i48.tinypic.com/der47r.jpg

;)

> 
> > > Is my logic flawed? Should this not 'Just Work' ?
> > 
> > It should "just work" when module-http-protocol-tcp is loaded.
> > Unfortunately module-rygel-media-server does not do this automatically.
> 
> It's an obvious question, but is there any chance of Rygel doing this
> automatically in a future version to improve the 'out of box
> experience' ? :)

It's not really our job to fiddle with pulse's settings. I already asked
the pulse maintainer if it could be made some sort of dependency, I
forgot what the outcome was, but thanks for reminding, will check that
again.