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Using PulseAudio sound server on Fedora 8
One of the great new features in Fedora 8 is the inclusion of the PulseAudio sound server. PulseAudio allows multiple streams of audio to be played at once, eliminating the worry of having your sound card locked up by another running program. There's also a handy volume control applet that will let you set the volume of each audio stream independently. That's right folks, listen to your MP3s, watch (and listen!) to a YouTube video, and voice chat with your IM buddies, all at the same time and with independent control over each program's volume. Setting up PulseAudio is very easy. Read on for instructions.
Set the PulseAudio sound deamon to automatically start when you login to GNOME:
1. Click System > Preferences >Personal > Sessions to bring up the GNOME session dialog
2. Under the 'Startup Programs' tab click 'Add' and enter the following:
Name: PulseAudio Sound Server
Command: /usr/bin/pulseaudio -D
Comment: The Pulse Audio sound server daemon
3. Click OK and close the GNOME session dialog
4. Log out and back into GNOME --or-- go ahead and launch the daemon right away:
Now we need to tell GNOME to use PulseAudio for all its sound needs:
1. Click System > Preferences > Hardware > Sound to bring up the GNOME Sound Preferences dialog
2. Make sure Sound Playback is set to PulseAudio under Sound Events, Music and Movies, and Audio Conferencing
3. Click Close
Now fire up your favorite media player, your web browser, pop in a DVD... whatever floats your boat. All of your programs will produce sound simultaneously and independently and you can control their volume with the PulseAudio Volume Control applet under Applications > Sound and Video:
And thats it! Have fun Fedora'..ing... meh. Thats not a word.
1. Click System > Preferences >Personal > Sessions to bring up the GNOME session dialog
2. Under the 'Startup Programs' tab click 'Add' and enter the following:
Name: PulseAudio Sound Server
Command: /usr/bin/pulseaudio -D
Comment: The Pulse Audio sound server daemon
3. Click OK and close the GNOME session dialog
4. Log out and back into GNOME --or-- go ahead and launch the daemon right away:
nohup pulseaudio -D >> /dev/null &
Now we need to tell GNOME to use PulseAudio for all its sound needs:
1. Click System > Preferences > Hardware > Sound to bring up the GNOME Sound Preferences dialog
2. Make sure Sound Playback is set to PulseAudio under Sound Events, Music and Movies, and Audio Conferencing
3. Click Close
Now fire up your favorite media player, your web browser, pop in a DVD... whatever floats your boat. All of your programs will produce sound simultaneously and independently and you can control their volume with the PulseAudio Volume Control applet under Applications > Sound and Video:
And thats it! Have fun Fedora'..ing... meh. Thats not a word.
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