[pulseaudio-discuss] HOWTO create a sink/source device for local OS use?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le dimanche 9 octobre 2011 17:13:00 Chris, vous avez écrit :
> I haven't found a sort of one-liner example for this yet and I know it's
> possible, but I'm being a bit dense following the FAQ.
> 
> What I want is a 'virtual audio cable' local to the OS for two applications
> to use.
> 
> I want a device created that is a sink and a source.

The loopback plugin does that...

> I want application one to use the device for its audio output
> 
> I want application two to use the device for its audio input.
> 
> A functional equivalent of line-out to line-in of two devices.

...but it might be easier to rely on the monitoring source of your default 
sink instead. You can either monitor one specific sink input, or the whole 
sink.

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