Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:14:17 +0300 From: Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology> To: Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> Cc: x11-list freebsd <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Audio output in Friefox Message-ID: <1530548057.1450.1@hraggstad.unrelenting.technology> In-Reply-To: <30149b8a-8a23-b3be-6b1f-8e508cafa5ba@gjunka.com> References: <08f3068e-b2c4-8d78-946a-c736ef204ee9@gjunka.com> <CA%2BtpaK23c=7DY0xrc4v-asOozdrO7b1nNQq4OZCjrR_sHG9R_w@mail.gmail.com> <7e476630-52a5-45aa-115e-333c9ae8aef6@gjunka.com> <1530481779.15209.1@hraggstad.unrelenting.technology> <30149b8a-8a23-b3be-6b1f-8e508cafa5ba@gjunka.com>
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On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 1:46 AM, Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> wrote: > > On 01/07/2018 21:49, Greg V wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 01/07/2018 03:03, Adam wrote: >>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 6:40 PM, Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com >>>> <mailto:list1@gjunka.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Firefox options allow to use ALSA/JACK/PulseAudio/SndIO as >>>> audio >>>> output. Assuming that more than one is selected, how can I >>>> switch >>>> which one Firefox should use? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> GrzegorzJ >>>> >>>> >>>> pkg info -D firefox >>> >>> Excellent, thank you Adam! Do you know why Jack is being selected >>> by default rather than Alsa or even OSS, which also seems to be >>> working fine? >> >> Maybe because you have a JACK server running? >> >> It's always been 'pulse-rust' for me. >> > > Yes, I do have the JACK server configured and running, but should > that be enough to enable this particular backend by default? OSS and > Alsa are also available. Why choose JACK over them? I am not > complaining, just trying to understand how the selection happens, > i.e. if it's automatic or hardcoded in some FreeBSD patches or > Firefox code. > Firefox automatically chooses the "best" available backend. If you have JACK running, it uses JACK. If you have PulseAudio available, it uses PulseAudio. Otherwise, ALSA or OSS.
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