Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-16 Thread Daniel Chen
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:53 PM, I.E.G. wrote: > Sorry for the rambling , non technical dissertation but I felt we the > users(if I dare speak for more than myself)  needed to be heard . For a long time I have felt that there is an artificial disconnect between "users" and "developers". Since whe

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-14 Thread Dylan McCall
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:53 PM, I.E.G. wrote: > … > Gentlemen and Ladies I have not had any success in total or in part with > PulseAudio . I have had a single trip to youtube for instance inactivate all > audio on my system(s) . I have had VLC not only fail to produce any audio > but seg_fault .

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-14 Thread George Farris
Great can you please provide a detailed bug report that points to this actually being Pulseaudio then it can be resolved. Thank you On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 15:53 -0700, I.E.G. wrote: > By introduction I'm a hack of a user and not all that aware of the ins > and outs of posting to this list let alo

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-13 Thread Daniel Hollocher
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Darren Albers wrote: > For what it is worth add me to the list of people happy with > PulseAudio.   In my opinion we are better off fixing the remaining > issues than ripping it out and replacing it with something else. And on that note, I have performed a trivial

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-13 Thread Darren Albers
For what it is worth add me to the list of people happy with PulseAudio. In my opinion we are better off fixing the remaining issues than ripping it out and replacing it with something else. It feels like this is a case of the few having issues and the resulting noise distracting from a real su

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-12 Thread Flávio Etrusco
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Luke Yelavich wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 06:06:10AM CEST, Shentino wrote: >> Also, I question the wisdom of having audio specific bluetooth support. >> >> My hunches tell me that a proper bluetooth support layer would be better. > > What do you mean by proper

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 06:06:10AM CEST, Shentino wrote: > Also, I question the wisdom of having audio specific bluetooth support. > > My hunches tell me that a proper bluetooth support layer would be better. What do you mean by proper bluetooth support layer? We already have that, and it does a

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Shentino
Also, I question the wisdom of having audio specific bluetooth support. My hunches tell me that a proper bluetooth support layer would be better. 2010/5/11 Shentino > I would just like to throw my two cents in and express my own disapproval > of PulseAudio. > > It's clunky and hard to configure

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Shentino
I would just like to throw my two cents in and express my own disapproval of PulseAudio. It's clunky and hard to configure, and personally I think it rather tries to do too much at once, and by so doing is latent. I would not miss it if it were removed from Ubuntu in favor of something more simpl

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-07 Thread Flávio Etrusco
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > > >>Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 20:17:04 -0400 > >>From: Daniel Chen > >> > >>(Grr, Android mail clients) > >> > >>Have you filed a bug report against the alsa-driver source (or alsa-base > >>binary) package? > >> > > Why on earth would I file a bug

RE: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-07 Thread Chris Jones
>>Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 20:17:04 -0400 >>From: Daniel Chen >> >>(Grr, Android mail clients) >> >>Have you filed a bug report against the alsa-driver source (or alsa-base >>binary) package? >> Why on earth would I file a bug for alsa-driver when alsa is the driver that is working. Pulse is what I'

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-07 Thread Oli Warner
> > My experiences are from Karmic not Hardy. It is pathetic that these > problems were still there after a year and a half. The fact that the > OpenSonic FAQs have removing PulseAudio as a recommandation (though > there is an involved workaround involving editing text files if you > want to keep P

Re: RE: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-06 Thread Daniel Chen
(Grr, Android mail clients) Have you filed a bug report against the alsa-driver source (or alsa-base binary) package? On May 6, 2010 8:11 PM, "Chris Jones" wrote: Since upgrading to Lucid, I can no longer use Pulse audio with VLC as it skips beyond use. I have to configure VLC to putput to ALSA

Re: RE: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-06 Thread Daniel Chen
On May 6, 2010 8:11 PM, "Chris Jones" wrote: Since upgrading to Lucid, I can no longer use Pulse audio with VLC as it skips beyond use. I have to configure VLC to putput to ALSA as an alternative which works perfectly. Up until Lucid's release, I've had no real big issues with Pulseaudio. --

RE: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-06 Thread Chris Jones
Since upgrading to Lucid, I can no longer use Pulse audio with VLC as it skips beyond use. I have to configure VLC to putput to ALSA as an alternative which works perfectly. Up until Lucid's release, I've had no real big issues with Pulseaudio. -- Chris Jones Photographic Imaging Professional a

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-06 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 22:05 +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > I did question whether Skype will work on your distro, I did *not* question .. Sorry. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listin

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-06 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 02:27 -0400, Ryan Oram wrote: > Skype will work on infinityOS and on any audio system that I propose > Ubuntu should adopt. Skype works fully on the pure ALSA system > employed currently by infinityOS as I use it personally. I did question whether Skype will work on your dist

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-06 Thread Daniel Chen
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Ryan Oram wrote: > Until the implementation of OSS4 is ready and tested, infinityOS will > continue to use pure ALSA. How will you determine that "the implementation of OSS4 is ready and tested?" Best, -Dan -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discu

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-06 Thread Ben Gamari
On Thu, 6 May 2010 00:58:36 -0400, Ryan Oram wrote: > > I apologize if I was frank, but problem with PulseAudio is that it > does not always work with existing code. > Yes, this is true. But again, the problem is with the existing code, not PulseAudio. If we are going to simply give up whenever

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Ryan Oram
>On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 05:54 +, Mario Vukelic wrote: >Many companies are switching their internal phone systems to VoIP. The >company I work for (15,000 seats, half of the users mobile with laptops) >just finished this transition, and the next step will be a migration to >PC-based phones for th

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Ryan Oram
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Daniel Chen wrote: > Such is the pain of new code. We face this continually in ALSA and > PulseAudio alike, and I don't see how any new framework can be devoid > of such pain. Until the implementation of OSS4 is ready and tested, infinityOS will continue to use pur

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Daniel Chen
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Ryan Oram wrote: > I apologize if I was frank, but problem with PulseAudio is that it > does not always work with existing code. Such is the pain of new code. We face this continually in ALSA and PulseAudio alike, and I don't see how any new framework can be devoi

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Ryan Oram
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Daniel Chen wrote: > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Ryan Oram wrote: >> It is 2 years old, but the facts in the article above are still >> completely true. PulseAudio has made essentially zero progress in the >> last 2 years, which is why it should be abandoned.

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 20:49 -0400, Ryan Oram wrote: > How many users actually use Bluetooth headsets with their computers or > mute their browsers? > > I feel that being able to play games without having to edit text files > or install alternate packages is much important to the average user > the

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Daniel Chen
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Ryan Oram wrote: > It is 2 years old, but the facts in the article above are still > completely true. PulseAudio has made essentially zero progress in the > last 2 years, which is why it should be abandoned. I feel I am at least somewhat qualified to speak on this

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Ryan Oram
I want my distribution to work out of the box with existing code. PulseAudio does not, so it will not be included. It is Ubuntu/Canonical's choice which path they wish to take. This is not the first difference between infinityOS and Ubuntu. infinityOS uses a hybrid of Gnome and Xfce. I will keep

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Ryan Oram
I am seriously considering implementing OSS4 as an alternative to PulseAudio/ALSA in the next major version of infinityOS. I would like it if users of Ubuntu could have the same benefits in terms of functionality, but at the very least my users will have (and do have) a sound system that works out

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Ben Gamari
On Wed, 5 May 2010 21:52:25 -0400, Ryan Oram wrote: > Emulators are a subset of games. They use the same libraries and > frameworks. If they do not work, games will not likely not work. > If they do not work, it is more likely that the game is broken in its usage of the underlying hardware than P

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Ryan Oram
> On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 01:34 +0100, > ubuntu-devel-discuss-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > Pulseaudio has become considerably better since Ubuntu 8.04. Most > people's first exposure to Pulseaudio was in 8.04 and it was not a > pleasant experience. My experiences are from Karmic not Hardy. I

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Christopher Lees
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 01:34 +0100, ubuntu-devel-discuss-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > A great overview of the problems with PulseAudio: > http://www.webcitation.org/5kcZfOb4l > > It is 2 years old, but the facts in the article above are still > completely true. PulseAudio has made essentially

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Ryan Oram
Emulators are a subset of games. They use the same libraries and frameworks. If they do not work, games will not likely not work. Besides, do I have to configure my sound system to play a game on Windows or Mac OS X? No. Why should I have to on Linux? Ryan On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Dmitri

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
On 6 May 2010 02:31, Ryan Oram wrote: > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs > wrote: >> Generalisation. I know plenty of people who play games and do not >> know how to edit *plain* text files. > > In order to get most emulators (which at this point sadly are what what is an emu

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Ryan Oram
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > Generalisation. I know plenty of people who play games and do not > know how to edit *plain* text files. In order to get most emulators (which at this point sadly are what people are going to be using to play games) and native games to

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
On 6 May 2010 01:49, Ryan Oram wrote: > How many users actually use Bluetooth headsets with their computers or > mute their browsers? > This one time in bandcamp when you fool around with a cool cellphone accessories > I feel that being able to play games without having to edit text files > or i

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Ryan Oram
How many users actually use Bluetooth headsets with their computers or mute their browsers? I feel that being able to play games without having to edit text files or install alternate packages is much important to the average user then the above features. Chances are people who want to use Blueto

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Dylan McCall
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Ryan Oram wrote: > A great overview of the problems with PulseAudio: > http://www.webcitation.org/5kcZfOb4l > > It is 2 years old, but the facts in the article above are still > completely true. PulseAudio has made essentially zero progress in the > last 2 years, wh

Re: Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

2010-05-05 Thread Danny Piccirillo
Hm, i brought this up last year: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2009-June/008813.html After reading this post on Insane Coding< > http://insanecoding.blogspot.com/2009/06/state-of-sound-in-linux-not-so-sorry.html>(via > Slashdot< > http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/06/19/1