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- Subject: Re: [proaudio] PulseAudio Howto
- From: Dominique Michel <dominique.michel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:12:11 +0100
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Le Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:37:07 +0100,
Dominique Michel <dominique.michel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> Le Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:44:17 +0100,
> Goran Mekić <meka@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> > On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:12:16 +0100
> > Dominique Michel <dominique.michel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I done a little PulseAudio howto on the wiki:
> > > http://proaudio.tuxfamily.org/wiki/index.php?title=PulseAudio
> > >
> > > Any comment will be appreciated. You can reply to this mail or use the
> > > discussion page on the wiki.
> > >
> > > You can also complete the article with more examples or information.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Dominique
> > >
> > >
> > Few things are missing. First, requirements (packages, for start,
> > and minimal computer configuration, if possible - it depends on what you
> > want, i guess). Second, I can not tell what config is for server and what's
> > for client. Speaking of client/server configuration, you could give example
> > of two computers acting like client and server. Other than that, it's a
> > great howto.
> >
>
> The config in the howto is for local use, not for client/server config. I will
> think about it. But I would use jack over the network in a professional audio
> setup, not pulseaudio.
>
> The stability of pulseaudio is not very good. In fact, I would even not use
> pulseaudio at all in a production pro-audio workstation.
>
> Another bad thing with pulseaudio is its huge processor load. And it
> increase when jack's latency is decreasing. I get 25% processor load just to
> play a mp3 and do a 44.1 to 48 kHz resampling with a jackd latency of 10.7
> msec (On a P4 @ 2.4 GHz).
>
> The good thing with PA is that it is very easy to use (after the setup) (In
> fact, too easy, because you can do conflicting things with the mouse and
> padevchooser...). I know that some distributions are switching to PA as
> default soud server. So, I think that we can except some stability
> improvement in the near future.
>
I get ride of the stability problem by increasing jack latency to 47.2 msec.
Not good for a professional audio box, but at least usable in a production
environment. Well, if huge sound latency is acceptable...
I will add a few words about it into the wiki.
> Cheers,
> Dominique
>
>
--
Dominique Michel
Mes 3 projets préférés auxquels je contribue:
* FVWM-Crystal, le bureau basé sur FVWM:
http://fvwm-crystal.org
* AlsaPlayer, le lecteur audio avec contrôle de vitesse en continu:
www.alsaplayer.org
* L'overlay pour la MAO sous gentoo:
http://proaudio.tuxfamily.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page