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FS#41716 - [xbmc] Please build with --enable-pulse flag

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Robert de Jager (blob) - Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 13:14 GMT
Last edited by Ike Devolder (BlackEagle) - Thursday, 28 August 2014, 18:10 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Ike Devolder (BlackEagle)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Despite of the configure help stating that XBMC will be built with pulseaudio support if available by default, this doesn't seem the case with the package in the repository.

Since the devs added a PA passthrough sink in version 13.0, this became a real solution to the problem where other software or even xbmc itself claimed ownership of an audio output device, making it unavailable for passthrough in xbmc.

Building it with the --enable-pulse will force pulseaudio support to be built in.
This will make PA manage passthrough, it will take some configuration using pavucontrol to enable it for various formats.

I have tried and confirmed that running it without pulseaudio installed will revert it to it's old behaviour.

Please build XBMC with pulseaudio support
This task depends upon

Closed by  Ike Devolder (BlackEagle)
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 18:10 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  added in xbmc-13.2-3
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 14:20 GMT
Has the pulse implementation in XBMC matured? It was disabled in the package with  FS#36819 .
Comment by Robert de Jager (blob) - Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 15:30 GMT
I requested pulseaudio be disabled myself a good while ago, for xbmc 12.x
The main issue was the lack of a PA passthrough sink. This was added in version 13.0.

There is no --disable-pulse flag in the current PKGBUILD. Pulseaudio is not listed as a makedepend. Maybe the packager just doesn't have it installed.
It is listed as an optdepend, but in the current state it won't do anything.

I myself am sufficiently satisfied with the current state of pulseaudio support in xbmc.
could it be a good idea to add the other guy to the email notification and see what he thinks before making any changes?
Comment by Ike Devolder (BlackEagle) - Thursday, 28 August 2014, 18:09 GMT
the pulseaudio implementation is indeed massively improved

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