From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Skype now will only work with pulseaudio?
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 05:32:24 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lo83jo$sph$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201406221753.42148.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
On 22/06/14 19:53, Mick wrote:
> I was surprised to find that skype now has the pulseaudio flag set as a
> default. Well, that didn't really surprise me, but what did is that after I
> unset the pulseaudio flag and emerged skype-4.3.0.37, audio in skype no longer
> works. :-/
>
> The skype website says that alsa is no longer supported without pulseaudio in
> their freshly cut Microsoft-owned code. Why is then the pulseaudio flag
> provided in portage, if without audio skype would lose its core functionality
> - i.e. making voice calls? I guess someone may only use it for IM chat, but
> that I would think is an edge use case. Most people I know would use it for
> voice and perhaps video calls.
For chat. Skype is the continuation of MSN/Messenger, so many people use
it for chat too.
> In any case, should I install pulseaudio? So far I had not missed it in my
> world to manage my audio needs. Looking at the wiki page:
>
> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PulseAudio
>
> it seems awfully complicated to me, for something which for my purposes would
> be just a new 'alsamixer'. :p
If *that* looks complicated to you, then I do have to ask: why on earth
are you using Gentoo? That guide is extremely easy to follow by any
average Gentooer.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-23 2:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-22 16:53 [gentoo-user] Skype now will only work with pulseaudio? Mick
2014-06-22 20:51 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-06-23 14:10 ` Mick
2014-06-22 21:55 ` Rich Freeman
2014-06-23 14:24 ` luis jure
2014-06-23 18:55 ` covici
2014-06-23 2:32 ` Nikos Chantziaras [this message]
2014-06-23 14:18 ` [gentoo-user] " Mick
2014-06-27 4:18 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
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