Audacity does not mesh with PulseAudio
Bug #178895 reported by
Maia Everett
This bug affects 6 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ltsp-cluster |
Invalid
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High
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Unassigned | ||
audacity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: audacity
Currently, Audacity is unable to play or record sound with PulseAudio running. This is important because Hardy has PulseAudio by default.
A workaround is to launch Audacity with padsp and set it up to use /dev/dsp. Does it make sense to use it in the desktop file, or is it too workaround-ish?
Changed in audacity: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in audacity: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ltsp-cluster: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
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At the following page, it's recommended to stop pulseaudio entirely when running audacity... www.pulseaudio. org/wiki/ PerfectSetup# Audacity
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As far as I can tell, in Gutsy, Audacity uses PortAudio as its audio subsystem, and right now PortAudio doesn't appear to support PulseAudio as a backend. Apparently, somebody started work on such a backend (https:/ /tango. 0pointer. de/pipermail/ pulseaudio- discuss/ 2007-November/ 000890. html) but it's not in active development.
Personally, I've also found that recording from audacity launched via padsp causes crashes on my system when I record audio (although not when I play audio). While I think configuration might be a factor, the fact that few people have been recommending the use of padsp and audacity makes me think that it's not a supported configuration for one reason or another.