[pulseaudio-discuss] question FIFO

[Laxmikant Rashinkar]

Hi,

On an Ubuntu 11.10 system (using Gnome), I've copied the default.pa file to my home dir
and the only change I've made to it is uncommented the line

load-module module-pipe-sink

I then logged in remotely using a GUI (xrdp) and I verified that

1) a 2nd PA server has been auto started
2) fifo_output and fifo_output.monitor have been created
3) in sound preferences, fifo_output is the default audio out device

When I try to play an audio file using Totem Movie Player, it just waits,
presumably for someone to read from the FIFO? If this is the case, this is
exactly what I want.

My question is how do I read from the FIFO?

pacat -d fifo_output does not work
parec -d fifo_output.monitor does not work

I must be doing something wrong, but what?

thanks for your help.
L.K