rlhar...@oplink.net writes: > On Wed, August 12, 2015 10:22 pm, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: >> On Wed, August 12, 2015 9:46 pm, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > ... >>> Is there a pulseaudio module that will detect when an audio source >>> isn't silent, and mute other sources in that cases? > ... >> In the realm of broadcasting and commercial sound, the function you are >> describing is of the general category "ducking"... > ... > > Here is a URL I turned up with a search for "audio ducking with pulseaudio": > > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118512/how-to-reduce-the-volume-of-a-background-music-stream-when-a-different-audio-sou > > The URL provides other sources on the subject.
If I understand the ducking module, it doesn't seem to do what I want. As I understand that one, it'll mute other streams when you start a new one. That's valuable, but my use case involves the radio stream always being present, just silent 90% of the time.