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| =Who's this page for= | | =Overview= |
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| This page is for those of us that for whatever reason prefer not to have PulseAudio on our systems - or - have to remove PA & use the underlying kernel's native ALSA sound to be able to get working sound on our systems. | | This article describes how to run applications which depend on pulseaudio on systems which only have alsa installed. This is done using '''apulse''' which is pulse emulator for alsa. |
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| ==Some applications are being created to use PulseAudio only==
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| Due to this PA only situation (which I expect to only get worse), it can be a real pain when we want to use such an application on our ALSA only systems.
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| Many of us may have found this out since Firefox version 52.+. has gone PulseAudio only with apparently no chance of that changing in the future.
| | =Install apulse= |
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| ==Fortunately there is a way around this problem that is pleasingly simple==
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| Install '''apulse''' from the AUR. Apulse has only 2 dependencies - '''alsa-lib''' & '''glib2''' , & is also only 141KB in size. | | Install '''apulse''' from the [[Arch_User_Repository|AUR]] using a your preferred package manager or the command: |
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| When installed via the terminal you will see the following:
| | It is built from source so it may take some time to install. Once it is done, create a basic config file using the command: |
| | cp /usr/share/apulse/asoundrc.sample ~/.asoundrc |
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| For using PulseAudio emulation (ex. in skype):
| | =Using apulse= |
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| 1. create a proper .asoundrc
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| $ cp /usr/share/apulse/asoundrc.sample ~/.asoundrc
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| 2. run apulse <program-name> [parameters]
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| $ apulse skype
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| So once you have used the command in no '''1.''' above ''(you don't have to edit anything, just do the copy)'' you can test apulse by entering a command that will call your PulseAudio only application, & test its sound as seen in '''2.''' above using skype as an example.
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| I did the following, as I have manually installed Firefox(ESR) on my system. So, due to my running Openbox, I entered the following in OBMenu, to add a call for Firefox to the Openbox menu that would call Firefox & use apulse to emulate PulseAudio sound & therefore give me sound in Firefox:
| | Using apulse is a simple typing '''apulse <program>''' in a terminal. For example: |
| | apulse /usr/lib/firefox/firefox |
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| apulse /opt/firefox/firefox-bin
| | If all is working, you should now have sound in Firefox without needing pulseaudio |
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| Then I loaded the Steam web page & had it play one of the game videos. When I did this I had sound, & I was/am VERY happy about that, as I am one of those who would personally rather not have PulseAudio installed on my machines.
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| Enjoy!
| | =See also= |
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| | * [https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse The official apulse site] |
| =Support=
| | * [https://forum.manjaro.org/t/how-to-run-pulseaudio-only-apps-on-an-alsa-only-system/34235 Forum Page] |
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| Following is a link to this page's forum counterpart where you
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| can post any related feedback: [https://forum.manjaro.org/t/how-to-run-pulseaudio-only-apps-on-an-alsa-only-system/34235]
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