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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY pulseaudio-download-http "http://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/releases/pulseaudio-&pulseaudio-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY pulseaudio-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY pulseaudio-md5sum "47fd7eca8479c757822bee68a1feef25">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY pulseaudio-size "1.4 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY pulseaudio-buildsize "105 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY pulseaudio-time "1.6 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="pulseaudio" xreflabel="PulseAudio-&pulseaudio-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="pulseaudio.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>PulseAudio-&pulseaudio-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-PulseAudio">PulseAudio</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to PulseAudio</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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| 33 | <application>PulseAudio</application> is a sound system for POSIX OSes,
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| 34 | meaning that it is a proxy for sound applications. It allows you to do
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| 35 | advanced operations on your sound data as it passes between your application
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| 36 | and your hardware. Things like transferring the audio to a different machine,
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| 37 | changing the sample format or channel count and mixing several sounds into
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| 38 | one are easily achieved using a sound server.
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| 39 | </para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | &lfs72_checked;
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pulseaudio-download-http;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pulseaudio-download-ftp;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download MD5 sum: &pulseaudio-md5sum;
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download size: &pulseaudio-size;
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated disk space required: &pulseaudio-buildsize;
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated build time: &pulseaudio-time;
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| 73 | </para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PulseAudio Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 80 | <para role="required">
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| 81 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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| 82 | <xref linkend="json-c"/>,
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| 83 | <xref linkend="libsndfile"/> and
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| 84 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>
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| 85 | </para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="recommended">
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| 89 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="libcap2"/>,
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| 92 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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| 93 | <xref linkend="speex"/> and
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| 94 | <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/> <!-- Useful for KDE, too -->
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| 95 | </para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
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| 98 | <para role="optional">
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| 99 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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| 100 | <xref linkend="glib2"/> and
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| 101 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
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| 102 | </para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 105 | <para role="optional">
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| 106 | <xref linkend="avahi"/>,
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| 107 | <xref linkend="bluez"/> and <xref linkend="sbc"/>,
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| 108 | <xref linkend="check"/>,
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| 109 | <ulink url="http://www.fftw.org/">FFTW</ulink>,
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| 110 | <ulink url="http://www.jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink>,
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| 111 | <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libasyncns/">libasyncns</ulink>,
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| 112 | <xref linkend="libsamplerate"/>,
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| 113 | <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink>,
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| 114 | <ulink url="http://code.entropywave.com/projects/orc/">ORC</ulink>,
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| 115 | <ulink url="http://tdb.samba.org/">TDB</ulink>,
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| 116 | <ulink url="http://valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink>,
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| 117 | <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/webrtc-audio-processing/">
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| 118 | WebRTC AudioProcessing</ulink> and
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| 119 | <ulink url="http://www.xen.org/">XEN</ulink>
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| 120 | </para>
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| 121 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 122 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pulseaudio"/>
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 | </sect2>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 127 | <title>Installation of PulseAudio</title>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <para>
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| 130 | In order for <application>PulseAudio</application> to communicate
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| 131 | properly with D-BUS, create a unique user. As the <systemitem
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| 132 | class="username">root</systemitem> user, run:
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| 133 | </para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 58 pulse &&
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| 136 | groupadd -g 59 pulse-access &&
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| 137 | useradd -c "Pulseaudio User" -d /var/run/pulse -g pulse \
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| 138 | -s /bin/false -u 58 pulse &&
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| 139 | usermod -a -G audio pulse</userinput></screen>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <para>
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| 142 | Install <application>PulseAudio</application> by running the following
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| 143 | commands:
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| 144 | </para>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <screen><userinput>find . -name "Makefile.in" | xargs sed -i "s|(libdir)/@PACKAGE@|(libdir)/pulse|" &&
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| 147 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 148 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 149 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 150 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
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| 151 | --with-module-dir=/usr/lib/pulse/modules &&
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| 152 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <para>
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| 155 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 156 | </para>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <para>
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| 159 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 160 | </para>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | </sect2>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 167 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <para>
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| 170 | <command>find . -name Makefile.in ...</command>: This command changes
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| 171 | the build system to install <application>PulseAudio</application>
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| 172 | private libraries into
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| 173 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/pulse</filename> instead of
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| 174 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/pulseaudio</filename>.
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| 175 | </para>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <para>
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| 178 | <parameter>--with-module-dir=/usr/lib/pulse/modules</parameter>:
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| 179 | This parameter ensures that <application>PulseAudio</application>
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| 180 | modules are installed in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/pulse/modules
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| 181 | </filename> instead of <filename class="directory">
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| 182 | /usr/lib/pulse-&pulseaudio-version;/modules</filename>.
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| 183 | </para>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | </sect2>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 188 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <segmentedlist>
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| 191 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 192 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 193 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <seglistitem>
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| 196 | <seg>
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| 197 | esdcompat, pacat, pacmd, pactl, padsp, pamon, paplay, parec,
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| 198 | parecord, pasuspender, pax11publish, pulseaudio, qpaeq,
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| 199 | start-pulseaudio-kde and start-pulseaudio-x11
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| 200 | </seg>
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| 201 | <seg>
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| 202 | libpulsecore-&pulseaudio-version;.so, libpulse-mainloop-glib.so,
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| 203 | libpulse-simple.so and libpulse.so
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| 204 | </seg>
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| 205 | <seg>
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| 206 | /etc/pulse,
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| 207 | /usr/include/pulse,
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| 208 | /usr/lib/cmake/PulseAudio,
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| 209 | /usr/lib/pulse and
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| 210 | /usr/share/pulseaudio
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| 211 | </seg>
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| 212 | </seglistitem>
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| 213 | </segmentedlist>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <variablelist>
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| 216 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 217 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 218 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <varlistentry id="esdcompat">
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| 221 | <term><command>esdcompat</command></term>
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| 222 | <listitem>
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| 223 | <para>
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| 224 | is the <application>PulseAudio</application> ESD wrapper script.
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| 225 | </para>
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| 226 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio esdcompat">
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| 227 | <primary sortas="b-esdcompat">esdcompat</primary>
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| 228 | </indexterm>
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| 229 | </listitem>
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| 230 | </varlistentry>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <varlistentry id="pacat">
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| 233 | <term><command>pacat</command></term>
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| 234 | <listitem>
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| 235 | <para>
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| 236 | Plays back or records raw or encoded audio streams on a
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| 237 | <application>PulseAudio</application> sound server.
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| 238 | </para>
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| 239 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio pacat">
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| 240 | <primary sortas="b-pacat">pacat</primary>
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| 241 | </indexterm>
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| 242 | </listitem>
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| 243 | </varlistentry>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <varlistentry id="pacmd">
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| 246 | <term><command>pacmd</command></term>
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| 247 | <listitem>
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| 248 | <para>
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| 249 | is a tool used to reconfigure a <application>PulseAudio</application>
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| 250 | sound server during runtime.
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| 251 | </para>
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| 252 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio pacmd">
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| 253 | <primary sortas="b-pacmd">pacmd</primary>
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| 254 | </indexterm>
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| 255 | </listitem>
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| 256 | </varlistentry>
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| 257 |
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| 258 | <varlistentry id="pactl">
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| 259 | <term><command>pactl</command></term>
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| 260 | <listitem>
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| 261 | <para>
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| 262 | is used to control a running <application>PulseAudio</application>
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| 263 | sound server.
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| 264 | </para>
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| 265 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio pactl">
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| 266 | <primary sortas="b-pactl">pactl</primary>
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| 267 | </indexterm>
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| 268 | </listitem>
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| 269 | </varlistentry>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | <varlistentry id="padsp">
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| 272 | <term><command>padsp</command></term>
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| 273 | <listitem>
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| 274 | <para>
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| 275 | is the <application>PulseAudio</application> OSS Wrapper.
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| 276 | </para>
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| 277 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio padsp">
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| 278 | <primary sortas="b-padsp">padsp</primary>
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| 279 | </indexterm>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 | </varlistentry>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <varlistentry id="pamon">
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| 284 | <term><command>pamon</command></term>
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| 285 | <listitem>
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| 286 | <para>
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| 287 | is a symbolic link to <command>pacat</command>.
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| 288 | </para>
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| 289 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio pamon">
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| 290 | <primary sortas="b-pamon">pamon</primary>
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| 291 | </indexterm>
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| 292 | </listitem>
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| 293 | </varlistentry>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <varlistentry id="paplay">
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| 296 | <term><command>paplay</command></term>
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| 297 | <listitem>
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| 298 | <para>
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| 299 | is used to play audio files on a
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| 300 | <application>PulseAudio</application> sound server.
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| 301 | </para>
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| 302 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio paplay">
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| 303 | <primary sortas="b-paplay">paplay</primary>
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| 304 | </indexterm>
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| 305 | </listitem>
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| 306 | </varlistentry>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | <varlistentry id="parec">
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| 309 | <term><command>parec</command></term>
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| 310 | <listitem>
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| 311 | <para>
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| 312 | is a symbolic link to <command>pacat</command>.
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| 313 | </para>
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| 314 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio parec">
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| 315 | <primary sortas="b-parec">parec</primary>
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| 316 | </indexterm>
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| 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 | </varlistentry>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <varlistentry id="parecord">
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| 321 | <term><command>parecord</command></term>
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| 322 | <listitem>
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| 323 | <para>
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| 324 | is a symbolic link to <command>pacat</command>.
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| 325 | </para>
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| 326 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio parecord">
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| 327 | <primary sortas="b-parecord">parecord</primary>
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| 328 | </indexterm>
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| 329 | </listitem>
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| 330 | </varlistentry>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | <varlistentry id="pasuspender">
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| 333 | <term><command>pasuspender</command></term>
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| 334 | <listitem>
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| 335 | <para>
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| 336 | is a tool that can be used to tell a local
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| 337 | <application>PulseAudio</application> sound server to temporarily
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| 338 | suspend access to the audio devices, to allow other applications
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| 339 | to access them directly.
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| 340 | </para>
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| 341 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio pasuspender">
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| 342 | <primary sortas="b-pasuspender">pasuspender</primary>
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| 343 | </indexterm>
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| 344 | </listitem>
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| 345 | </varlistentry>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <varlistentry id="pax11publish">
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| 348 | <term><command>pax11publish</command></term>
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| 349 | <listitem>
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| 350 | <para>
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| 351 | is the <application>PulseAudio</application>
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| 352 | X11 Credential Utility.
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| 353 | </para>
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| 354 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio pax11publish">
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| 355 | <primary sortas="b-pax11publish">pax11publish</primary>
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| 356 | </indexterm>
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| 357 | </listitem>
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| 358 | </varlistentry>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | <varlistentry id="pulseaudio-prog">
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| 361 | <term><command>pulseaudio</command></term>
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| 362 | <listitem>
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| 363 | <para>
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| 364 | is a networked low-latency sound server for Linux.
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| 365 | </para>
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| 366 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio pulseaudio-prog">
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| 367 | <primary sortas="b-pulseaudio">pulseaudio</primary>
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| 368 | </indexterm>
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| 369 | </listitem>
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| 370 | </varlistentry>
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| 371 |
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| 372 | <varlistentry id="qpaeq">
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| 373 | <term><command>qpaeq</command></term>
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| 374 | <listitem>
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| 375 | <para>
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| 376 | is an equalizer interface for
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| 377 | <application>PulseAudio</application> equalizer sinks.
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| 378 | </para>
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| 379 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio qpaeq">
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| 380 | <primary sortas="b-qpaeq">qpaeq</primary>
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| 381 | </indexterm>
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| 382 | </listitem>
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| 383 | </varlistentry>
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| 384 |
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| 385 | <varlistentry id="start-pulseaudio-kde">
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| 386 | <term><command>start-pulseaudio-kde</command></term>
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| 387 | <listitem>
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| 388 | <para>
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| 389 | Starts <application>PulseAudio</application> and loads
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| 390 | module-device-manager to use KDE routing policies.
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| 391 | </para>
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| 392 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio start-pulseaudio-kde">
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| 393 | <primary sortas="b-start-pulseaudio-kde">start-pulseaudio-kde</primary>
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| 394 | </indexterm>
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| 395 | </listitem>
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| 396 | </varlistentry>
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| 397 |
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| 398 | <varlistentry id="start-pulseaudio-x11">
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| 399 | <term><command>start-pulseaudio-x11</command></term>
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| 400 | <listitem>
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| 401 | <para>
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| 402 | Starts <application>PulseAudio</application> and registers it to
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| 403 | the X11 session manager.
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| 404 | </para>
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| 405 | <indexterm zone="pulseaudio start-pulseaudio-x11">
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| 406 | <primary sortas="b-start-pulseaudio-x11">start-pulseaudio-x11</primary>
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| 407 | </indexterm>
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| 408 | </listitem>
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| 409 | </varlistentry>
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| 410 |
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| 411 | </variablelist>
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| 412 |
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| 413 | </sect2>
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| 414 |
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| 415 | </sect1>
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