[pulseaudio-tickets] [Bug 43945] New: Let pulseaudio share audio devices

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43945

             Bug #: 43945
           Summary: Let pulseaudio share audio devices
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: PulseAudio
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: x86-64 (AMD64)
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: medium
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: wolterh6 at gmail.com
         QAContact: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
                CC: lennart at poettering.net


Pulseaudio monopolizes the sound devices in the computer. Some applications,
however, don't work well with pulseaudio. There should be a way to configure
pulseaudio in which access to sound hardware is not only possible through
pulseaudio.

Origin of this bug report
-------------------------
Wine used to support many sound servers, but now it only brings built-in
support for Alsa. PulseAudio has an Alsa plugin, which lets Wine reproduce
sounds. The problem is, this plugin is not perfect, and when the CPU peaks for
some reason, sometimes sound is taken away from wine. This has something to do
with "underruns" but I don't understand that concept yet, so I can't give more
details about it. In order to restore sound to the wine application after this
occurs, either wine or pulseaudio need to be restarted.

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