On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Raffaele Morelli < raffaele.more...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/3/2 Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> > >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:35, Raffaele Morelli >> <raffaele.more...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > if you want two or more audio apps to share the same sound device, start >> > qjackctl, tell vlc to use jack output module and do the same with other >> apps >> > if needed. >> > >> > In qjackctl connection panel you should see all your alsa compliant apps >> > listed as readable clients and the sound device as writeable clients. >> > >> > Using skype together with other apps is also possible even if it's a >> little >> > more tricky, have a look at >> > http://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge >> > >> > I can run skype togeter with other jack/alsa compliant apps, record them >> > and/or route audio output between them using Qjackctl. >> > >> >> That sounds excessively complicated. PA will work fine (and >> automatically), >> it just needs to be setup correctly. I set mine up long ago, and it has >> never >> given me problems (well, a few times the PA volume got muted and had to >> be unmuted, but that is about it) > > > As I said it's not trivial... but he only needs a loopback device and a > jackplugin if he wants to record stuff coming from skype, flashplayers and > other non jack compliant apps > > For vlc+skype to work jack and qjackctl is enough, BTW qjackctl it's the > way to go he wants to control everything. > > -r > Recording hasn't been an issue for me, probably because I haven't actually had the need to try it. But, this sounds interesting because at some point, I might want to grab some audio via a flashplayer or skype.
