[LAU] Jack fallback to alsa when firefire device off?

[david]

Dan Capp wrote:
> 
> why install pulseaudio in the first place? I don't know to be honest. 
> I'm still getting to grips with how Linux audio works and what the 
> various drivers and tools even do, let alone how they do it. So it's 
> good to hear someone with a different perspective on the usefulness of 
> PulseAudio etc. The KXStudio website states the following:
> 
> "users will be glad to know that Jack2 is present and that *all* audio 
> output is sent to it. This includes Pulse-Audio, which means that you 
> don't have to stop Jack if you need to, for example, open a Web Browser 
> to watch some tutorial videos."
> 
> I've read lots of people agree that this is a great idea - I'm still 
> trying to fully understand why because it seems that I DO need to stop 
> Jack, or at least re-route it, if I want to open a web browser and watch 
> some tutorial videos.

Hmm, I don't have to stop JACK in order to watch a YouTube video. Good 
old uncooperative Flash adamantly insists on playing through the lousy 
laptop speakers instead of the good speakers!

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David
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