PulseAudio under the hood

Re:PulseAudio under the hood by Latty on Friday September 22, 2017 @07:27AM (#15311124)

This isn't a problem only for FOSS - windows starts dumping my audio down my monitors whenever I change input on them, even if I specifically disable the device. I actually don't see any issues like that on arch with pulse.

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Re:PulseAudio under the hood by sitkack on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:05AM (#15311368)

OSX remembers per device settings and reapplies them when the new device is visible. I haven't used windows seriously in 15 years. Linux has really bad UX most of the time. OSX is the best of the worst.

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Re:PulseAudio under the hood by majewsky on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:16AM (#15311444)

I've stopped counting how often OS X moves audio streams to the wrong headset on my work notebook.

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Re:PulseAudio under the hood by sitkack on Friday September 22, 2017 @09:49AM (#15312116)

it will remember volume levels for various configurations. I stand by best of the worst.

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Re:PulseAudio under the hood by Macha on Monday September 25, 2017 @08:37PM (#15335294)

Does OS X even have an OS level volume mixer? Can I set my background music to be 20% of my video game without going into each of their inbuilt volume sliders? Can I move apps between audio devices? In a showdown between OS X, Windows and Pulse for audio setups as a consumer, OS X comes dead last and I use all 3 regularly.

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