PulseAudio 3.0 Released With New Sound Features

[ShadowBane]

when your cpu's memory bus gets overloaded you will, as pulseaudio(and similar "routing" software) copy's data around much much more then just using direct sound(alsa)

Pulseaudio doesn't copy the data at all...

[bug77]

Don't listen to me, simply Google for Sound Lag and Pulseaudio - just did it and got 50,500 returns, so, obviously, there seems to be an issue.

Joe

I just googled "Pulseaudio working perfectly" and I got 252,000 results. Google results is meaningless in this context.

[LinuxRocks]

If you are getting laggy sound with PA it is probably related to the resample method that is selected in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. For most processors the default is a good choice, but a faster (and lower quality) method is needed for low end systems.

For those who claim we should all go back to using dmix on top of alsa I would like to point out a few of its failings that PA fixes:
Multiple sound devices. Things like USB headphones, secondary soundcards, etc aren't that uncommon. dmix doesn't provide a way to move streams to different devices.
Sound quality. Pulse actually uses higher quality resample methods, (at least by default) meaning higher audio quality.
Per-application volume control. Really, having to find the application that is making noise and hope that it has a volume control (hint, not all do) is not productive when compared to just bringing up veromix and changing its volume.

I'll take a look at the /etc/pulse/daemon.conf, but I do not have a low end system - at all . Thanks for the tip; now I have something to go to the command line for .

Yeah rite... Ubuntu exists for what? 8 years? How much total Linux desktop usage changed during that time? Yup, not much... So, they are not doing a good job at it at all...

Plus, they are making Linux look bad, because when beginners try it they face many Ubuntu and Debian specific bugs and think Linux sucks....

Pulseaudio is a great sound server, grow up already all of you...

TemplarGR, were you beat up as a kid (Or are you still a kid?). Lighten up a little . Its almost Christmas!!! Time of joy and peace....

One thing that Ubuntu has done is make it so most "Normal" people (Like my 75 year old mom) can use Linux without issue. Install and go! How many other Linux distros out there provide this? Yeah, thats what I though... NONE!

Joe

[gens]

i use 64 bit archlinux with pulse audio i play many games and i dont have any problems.

edit: skype and mumble works too

when your cpu's memory bus gets overloaded you will, as pulseaudio(and similar "routing" software) copy's data around much much more then just using direct sound(alsa)

[ShadowBane]

If you are getting laggy sound with PA it is probably related to the resample method that is selected in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. For most processors the default is a good choice, but a faster (and lower quality) method is needed for low end systems.

For those who claim we should all go back to using dmix on top of alsa I would like to point out a few of its failings that PA fixes:
Multiple sound devices. Things like USB headphones, secondary soundcards, etc aren't that uncommon. dmix doesn't provide a way to move streams to different devices.
Sound quality. Pulse actually uses higher quality resample methods, (at least by default) meaning higher audio quality.
Per-application volume control. Really, having to find the application that is making noise and hope that it has a volume control (hint, not all do) is not productive when compared to just bringing up veromix and changing its volume.

[TemplarGR]

Another troll bashing a Canonical product, they made a Linux distro that got quite popular so desktop is starting to get important...

Oh, the irony! Hehehe

(I think both Pulseaudio and Ubuntu suck. JACK is a great start, despite designed for pro audio)

Yeah rite... Ubuntu exists for what? 8 years? How much total Linux desktop usage changed during that time? Yup, not much... So, they are not doing a good job at it at all...

Plus, they are making Linux look bad, because when beginners try it they face many Ubuntu and Debian specific bugs and think Linux sucks....

Pulseaudio is a great sound server, grow up already all of you...

[LinuxRocks]

i use 64 bit archlinux with pulse audio i play many games and i dont have any problems.

I haven't tried Arch in a long time... Been thinking about trying it out recently - perhaps I will give it a go.

Thanks for the tip!!!
Joe

[timofonic]

Now another troll... They sure visit in groups...

Since Pulseaudio doesn't work, i guess i shouldn't be listening to anything for what, 5-6-7 years? I guess it is just my imagination...

PS: Ubuntu sucks, period. It is a badly maintained distro that doesn't even update its "Canonical maintained" packages, eg. Libreoffice 3.6.2->3.6.4 (150 bugfixes)... The only thing they maintain is their spyware. So, if you use such an awful distro, you shouldn't criticise the upstream for its faults...

Another troll bashing a Canonical product, they made a Linux distro that got quite popular so desktop is starting to get important...

Oh, the irony! Hehehe

(I think both Pulseaudio and Ubuntu suck. JACK is a great start, despite designed for pro audio)

[quandasim]

i dont have problem with pulse audio

The problem is that Pulseaudio doesn't really work. Hasn't for years - since its been release as far as I know...

Sure, it can play basic sound bytes and spit out some music from a music player, but if you try to play most games, skype, most audio processors, it simply doesn't work. At least hasn't for me on any *buntu system.

I usually apt-get purge pulseaudio and let Alsa take over. Alsa is integrated into the kernel, works with ALL oss software, and games don't skip/lag sound and audio processors don't crash every 5 min .

So, if they fixed these issues, then YAY - but doubtful! Other wise, simply remove it!

Joe

i use 64 bit archlinux with pulse audio i play many games and i dont have any problems.

edit: skype and mumble works too

[LinuxRocks]

Now another troll... They sure visit in groups...

Since Pulseaudio doesn't work, i guess i shouldn't be listening to anything for what, 5-6-7 years? I guess it is just my imagination...

PS: Ubuntu sucks, period. It is a badly maintained distro that doesn't even update its "Canonical maintained" packages, eg. Libreoffice 3.6.2->3.6.4 (150 bugfixes)... The only thing they maintain is their spyware. So, if you use such an awful distro, you shouldn't criticise the upstream for its faults...

Well, your standard for "Listening to things" and mine obviously differ!

Not sure about sound management software, but when I was using Fedora, I observed the same issues while playing games - sound lag and other sound issues... Don't listen to me, simply Google for Sound Lag and Pulseaudio - just did it and got 50,500 returns, so, obviously, there seems to be an issue.

Joe