A naive question from a PulseAudio-newbie: Why would average Joe want to install PulseAudio? IMHO, per-application volume control is the only feature that a normal user would find useful. Streaming sound to remote speakers on the network is certainly not what everybody is doing. The ability to switch devices during playback is also not very often used, you set up your system once, start palyback (music or movie or game or whatever) and listen to it without needing to shuffle the playback devices around. Mixing, sample rate conversions and a plugin-architecture for processing effects is something that ALSA, for example, also has.
So for me, and I'm pretty sure for mostly anybody, per-application volume control is the only useful thing that remains. But even though I find it potentially useful, I'm still not missing it. For what any other reason would I switch to PA?
So for me, and I'm pretty sure for mostly anybody, per-application volume control is the only useful thing that remains. But even though I find it potentially useful, I'm still not missing it. For what any other reason would I switch to PA?
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