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Craft: Adding information about pulseaudio-utils since this fixes volume control support with Window Managers.

2025-02-10T21:45:26Z

Adding information about pulseaudio-utils since this fixes volume control support with Window Managers.

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	{{Cmd\|apk add alsa-plugins-pulse}}		{{Cmd\|apk add alsa-plugins-pulse}}

			== PulseAudio Utils ==

			For pactl, which Window Managers commonly use for managing volume control, install pulseaudio-utils.

			{{Cmd\|apk add pulseaudio-utils}}

	== Bluetooth ==		== Bluetooth ==

Sertonix: add Bluetooth instructions from Bluetooth_audio

2023-11-10T09:26:50Z

add Bluetooth instructions from Bluetooth_audio

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:26, 10 November 2023
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	{{Cmd\|apk add alsa-plugins-pulse}}		{{Cmd\|apk add alsa-plugins-pulse}}

			== Bluetooth ==

			Before you can connect your device to Bluetooth speakers or headphones, you'll have to make sure {{Pkg\|pulseaudio-bluez}} is installed. See the [[Bluetooth]] page for more general Bluetooth installation instructions.

			{{Cmd\|apk add pulseaudio-bluez}}

	== Process Priority ==		== Process Priority ==

Sertonix: link to multiple wikis

2023-10-27T17:53:46Z

link to multiple wikis

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	@audio - nice -11		@audio - nice -11

			== See also ==
			* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PulseAudio Arch wiki]
			* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PulseAudio Gentoo wiki]
			* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PulseAudio#Without_udev_or_systemd Gentoo wiki - pipewire without udev]
			* [https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Audio PostmarketOS Wiki - Audio]

	[[category:Multimedia]]		[[category:Multimedia]]
	[[Category:Sound]]		[[Category:Sound]]

Sertonix: use cmd and path template

2023-07-04T17:52:50Z

use cmd and path template

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	== Installation ==		== Installation ==

	apk add pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa		{{Cmd\|apk add pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa}}

	== Alsa only applications support ==		== Alsa only applications support ==
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	Most applications on Alpine Linux are compiled to support only ALSA, foregoing linking against libpulse and the ability to dynamically switch to pulseaudio output when it finds that pulseaudio is running. Install the pulse output plugin for ALSA so applications can output to Pulseaudio.		Most applications on Alpine Linux are compiled to support only ALSA, foregoing linking against libpulse and the ability to dynamically switch to pulseaudio output when it finds that pulseaudio is running. Install the pulse output plugin for ALSA so applications can output to Pulseaudio.

	apk add alsa-plugins-pulse		{{Cmd\|apk add alsa-plugins-pulse}}

	== Process Priority ==		== Process Priority ==
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	Pulseaudio should run with an elevated priority, because e.g. crackling or delayed audio is more annoying than a low framerate in games.		Pulseaudio should run with an elevated priority, because e.g. crackling or delayed audio is more annoying than a low framerate in games.

	Installing the shadow package (which is compiled against linux-pam) is an easy way for the non-root user to be granted the ability to change niceness, and pulseaudio is recommended to be run as the user, rather than as root. E.g. in /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf (and putting the user in the "audio" group):		Installing the shadow package (which is compiled against linux-pam) is an easy way for the non-root user to be granted the ability to change niceness, and pulseaudio is recommended to be run as the user, rather than as root. E.g. in {{Path\|/etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf}} (and putting the user in the "audio" group):

	@audio - nice -11		@audio - nice -11

Guest09248 at 16:55, 7 December 2021

2021-12-07T16:55:09Z

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	{{Note\|[[PipeWire]] is ~~becoming~~ a PulseAudio replacement, consider migrating.}}		{{Note\|[[PipeWire]] is a PulseAudio replacement, consider migrating.}}

	== Installation ==		== Installation ==

Guest09248 at 16:54, 7 December 2021

2021-12-07T16:54:56Z

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			{{Note\|[[PipeWire]] is becoming a PulseAudio replacement, consider migrating.}}

	== Installation ==		== Installation ==

Stee at 17:56, 11 January 2021

2021-01-11T17:56:13Z

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	[[category:Multimedia]]		[[category:Multimedia]]
			[[Category:Sound]]

Innsill: +category:Multimedia

2019-09-14T09:00:17Z

+category:Multimedia

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			[[category:Multimedia]]

Leo: /* Alsa support */

2019-04-28T08:07:00Z

Alsa support

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	apk add pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa		apk add pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa

	== Alsa support ==		== Alsa only applications support ==

	Most applications on Alpine Linux are compiled to support only ALSA, foregoing linking against libpulse and the ability to dynamically switch to pulseaudio output when it finds that pulseaudio is running. Install the pulse output plugin for ALSA so applications can output to Pulseaudio.		Most applications on Alpine Linux are compiled to support only ALSA, foregoing linking against libpulse and the ability to dynamically switch to pulseaudio output when it finds that pulseaudio is running. Install the pulse output plugin for ALSA so applications can output to Pulseaudio.

Leo at 08:06, 28 April 2019

2019-04-28T08:06:47Z

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	== Installation ==		== Installation ==

	apk add pulseaudio		apk add pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa

			== Alsa support ==

			Most applications on Alpine Linux are compiled to support only ALSA, foregoing linking against libpulse and the ability to dynamically switch to pulseaudio output when it finds that pulseaudio is running. Install the pulse output plugin for ALSA so applications can output to Pulseaudio.

			apk add alsa-plugins-pulse

	== Process Priority ==		== Process Priority ==