On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 20:02:47 +0100
Wolfgang Pfeiffer <roto(a)gmx.net> wrote:
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:10:19 -0500
Doug <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> wrote:
> On 11/22/2017 05:36 PM, David A. De Graaf wrote:
> > [ ... ]
> >
> > Today I held an exorcism and have slain the damned thing:
> > dnf remove pulseaudio
> > which, amazingly, took out 34 packages.
> >
> > Sound now works perfectly - just the way it should.
> > I cannot discern any important loss of function from the deleted
> > 34 packages so far. aplay, vlc, xmms, mythfrontend and even
> > skypeforlinux all work fine with alsa.
> >
> > pulseaudio should just go away!
> >
> >
> Can you now play a video thru your computer and monitor and local
> sound speakers and at the same time send an htmi signal to your TV
> set that includes cideo and sound?
... tho I must admit I didn't succeed to have the same audio signal
being playbacked on both the internal computer speakers and on
external hardware (TV, home stereo etc. ) at the same time ...
I still have to choose: sound either from internal speakers or an
external sound system ..
[ ... ]
... and I could give even more examples of how easily a working audio
setup with different audio hardware setups is done here on an F26
system with pulseaudio. It just works here. I simply hope that the
makers of the system are careful before applying permanent changes to
that software. [ ... ]