[pulseaudio-discuss] system-wide daemon

[samuel]

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:45:33 +0100
Maarten Bosmans <mkbosmans at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2010/2/9  <olin.pulse.7ia at shivers.mail0.org>:
> > Maybe I'm wrong. I can't figure out *what* the model is, really.
> > When I click on padevchooser's "Configure Local Sound Server"
> > entry, I get a window whose "Network Server" tab lets me "enable
> > network access to local sound devices." Furthermore, I can set or
> > clear a checkbox for "Don't require authentication." But I can find
> > nowhere any description of what this authentication would be. The
> > documentation for PulseAudio is pretty weak; it mostly says that
> > "things work; just try them out." That's not documentation.
> 
> Perhaps the confusion stems from the fact that PulseAudio has two
> different modes. The normal per-user mode, which should almost always
> be used, uses the model of a single user having access to the hardware
> of a single seat. This works great and really polishes the whole
> desktop experience, including support for fast user switching, remote
> ssh logins, etc.
> 
> The other mode is the system-wide daemon mode. This follows more the
> traditional unix model of a dedicated pulse user running a daemon to
> which other users can connect. The system mode is more applicable to
> an audio server/appliance scenario.
> I have, for example, PulseAudio running as a system daemon on a
> dedicated server, connected to several speakers around the house. A
> local MPD process on the server can play music through the pulse
> server, or I can ssh to the box and start an internet radio stream.
> Moreover, sound can be redirected from any desktop to the pulse
> server, so that even the neighbors can enjoy the YouTube clips I'm
> watching.
> 
I have basically the same setup - would you mind sharing your config
files with me? Preferably of both, the server, and of your "clients",
that is e.g. the computer you watch the youtube clips on, that your
neighbors enjoy...

> So when talking about what model PulseAudio uses, it is good to keep
> the distinction between per-user and system-wide mode, which have of
> course very different models.
> 
> Maarten
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Thank you very much.

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samuel

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