Pulseaudio

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a quickie on how to forward sound from one pulseaudio enabled machine to another.

Contents

The Setup

  • sig-dom0 - *the workstation* -- has no audio cables plugged in. Ie, the client.
  • papaya - *the sound server* -- this guy has the speakes. ie, the server

on the client

sudo apt-get install pavucontrol paprefs padevchooser
  1. run paprefs,
  2. on [multicast/rtp] tab, check [enable multicast/rtp sender]
  3. restart pulseaudio
killall -TERM pulseaudio
pulseaudio -D

on the server

sudo yum install  pavucontrol paprefs padevchooser
  1. run paprefs
  2. on Network Access tab, check [enable network access to local sound devices] and also check [dont require authentication]
  3. on Multicast/RTP tab, check [enable multicast/rtp receiver]


killall -TERM pulseaudio
pulseaudio -D

Trouble?

Ubuntu Lucid

Reference http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/

Launch this

gnome-settings-daemon

Use gnome-control-center to change settings

sudo apt-get install gnome-control-center
gnome-control-center

see also

alsa for alsa related bits

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