[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #685: '.pulse' file makes flash player stop working if I unplug speakers

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#685: '.pulse' file makes flash player stop working if I unplug speakers
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  Reporter:  Unexpected Tiger  |       Owner:  lennart
      Type:  defect            |      Status:  new    
 Milestone:                    |   Component:  daemon 
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:         
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Comment(by coling):

 I suspect you're just not running pavucontrol to move the stream to the
 speakers?

 What's probably happening is as follows:
  1. The USB is the default (or "fallback") device on a fresh boot.
  2. When you start playing something without a .pulse folder, pulse will
 use the "fallback" device.
  3. When you unplug the speakers, pulse moves the stream to your build in
 HDA card in order to "rescue" it. In the process it writes a little
 database that says "flash likes to play on HDA".
  4. When you replug your speakers, the little database still says "flash
 likes to play on HDA" so pulse doesn't do anything.
  5. Even if you reboot, the db entry is still there.


 So, what to do? simply run pavucontrol, wait for the stream to appear
 under "Playback" and then simply follow your nose to move the stream to
 the preferred device.

 Please note that pulse no longer saves the device like I say in step 3.
 I'm guessing you're using a slightly older version of PA.

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