[pulseaudio-discuss] xrdp pulse sink

[Jay Sorg]

> Thanks, I had a look. Is this a correct understanding:
>
>  - the xrdp server will call something like "pacmd load-module
> module-xrdp-sink format=x rate=y" and thereby sets up the connection between
> PulseAudio and xrdp.

Yup, well, I was editing the default.pa file but that looks like a
better way to set the sink :)

>  - the xrdp sink just talks to the xrdp server over the unix socket. It's
> the xrdp server that then combines this with video/display output and sends
> to the client.

Exactly.

>>> Third, we talk about an xrdp sink, will there also be an xrdp source, or
>>> is
>>> this not needed, for what reason?
>>
>>
>> Yes, we need a source too.  Again, no dependency.  Just a domain socket
>> API.
>>
>> If you don't want to label it xrdp, it could be a generic unix domain
>> socket sink / source.
>> Maybe other remote desktop projects can use it.
>
>
> In short, I don't mind this code going in (after a more detailed review,
> perhaps). I however suspect that we're going to get bug report about missing
> A/V synchronisation quite soon, and then we should tell people that this
> needs to be resolved in xrdp rather than PA. Does that seem reasonable?

Absolutely.
I don't think any of xrdp users will blame PA for AV synchronization but maybe.

Jay