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-rw-r--r-- | doc/Makefile.am | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/README-pulse (renamed from doc/README-polyp) | 26 |
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diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am index df66ab8..efcac16 100644 --- a/doc/Makefile.am +++ b/doc/Makefile.am @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -EXTRA_DIST = README-pcm-oss README-jack README-polyp \ +EXTRA_DIST = README-pcm-oss README-jack README-pulse \ upmix.txt vdownmix.txt samplerate.txt a52.txt diff --git a/doc/README-polyp b/doc/README-pulse index de46c3d..d5431b4 100644 --- a/doc/README-polyp +++ b/doc/README-pulse @@ -1,35 +1,35 @@ -Polypaudio <--> ALSA plugins +PulseAudio <--> ALSA plugins ============================ -This plugin allows any program that uses the ALSA API to access a Polypaudio +This plugin allows any program that uses the ALSA API to access a PulseAudio sound daemon. In other words, native ALSA applications can play and record sound across a network. There are two plugins in the suite, one for PCM and one for mixer control. A typical configuration will look like: - pcm.polyp { - type polyp + pcm.pulse { + type pulse } - ctl.polyp { - type polyp + ctl.pulse { + type pulse } -Put the above in ~/.asoundrc, or /etc/asound.conf, and use "polyp" as device +Put the above in ~/.asoundrc, or /etc/asound.conf, and use "pulse" as device in your ALSA applications. For example: - % aplay -Dpolyp foo.wav - % amixer -Dpolyp + % aplay -Dpulse foo.wav + % amixer -Dpulse -Polypaudio will accept more or less any format you throw at it. So a plug +PulseAudio will accept more or less any format you throw at it. So a plug wrapper is unnecessary. Mixing is also handled so dmix will only cause a performance hit without any gain. -The plugins will respect your Polypaudio environment variables (like -POLYP_SERVER), but you can override these in ALSA's configuration files. +The plugins will respect your PulseAudio environment variables (like +PULSE_SERVER), but you can override these in ALSA's configuration files. -Both plugins accept the "server" parameter, specifying which Polypaudio server +Both plugins accept the "server" parameter, specifying which PulseAudio server to contact. Both also accept the "device" parameter, which indicate which source and sink to use. |