Changes between Version 30 and Version 31 of Sound

Timestamp:

11/15/15 15:25:33 (7 years ago)

Author:

Antoine Martin

Comment:

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Sound

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 == Status and Configuration ==
-Sound support has been stable for a while now, but the only codecs that are widely used are '''mp3''' and '''wavpack'''.
+Sound support has been stable since version 0.14, later versions add support for more codecs and better process isolation.
+Unless you disable sound forwarding, you can start or stop it from the system tray at any time.
+The client and server will negotiate which codec to use. The most widely tested and supported codecs are [http://www.vorbis.com/ vorbis], [https://xiph.org/flac/ flac] and mp3.
+
+As of version 0.16, we use gstreamer 1.x by default if it is available, earlier versions used version 0.10.
 
 [[BR]]
 Unlike screen updates which are discrete events, sound compression processes the operating system's sound data stream and so this is a continuous process which will take up a little bit of CPU and bandwidth.
 
-If you want to turn off speaker forwarding, set {{{speaker = no}}} in your system wide {{{xpra.conf}}} (to disable it globally) or in the per-user configuration file.
+If you want to turn off speaker forwarding, set {{{speaker = off}}} in your system wide {{{xpra.conf}}} (to disable it globally) or in the per-user configuration file.
 }}}
 
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 == Requirements ==
-You will need:
-* a build/installation including {{{GStreamer}}} support for both client and server. We need the "base" plugins and the "ugly" plugins (for mp3)
+
+* a build or package including {{{GStreamer}}} support for both client and server, including the "base" and "ugly" plugins (for mp3)
 * a client with sound output of any kind (even virtual)
-* a server with pulseaudio installed (for going beyond the simple test step)
+* a server with pulseaudio installed (for going beyond the simple test step) - other sound systems can be made to work but are unsupported, see the {{{sound-source}}} option
 * users must be "pulseaudio-enabled" - whatever that means in terms of permissions and user setup (policy, user group, etc: this is distribution specific)
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 * {{{pavucontrol}}} both on the client and inside the xpra session (see example screenshots below)
+* run the client or server with the [/wiki/Logging debug logging] flag {{{-d sound}}}
 }}}