[LAU] pavucontrol (Re: Linux Audio: An overview)

[jonetsu]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2017 19:42:32 +0200
Peter <list at schmitteckert.com> wrote:

> start 'pavucontrol'   (maybe you have to install it first: sudo
> apt-get install pavucontrol)
> 
> then the most right menu should be "Configuration" .
> 
> There you you should see your sound cards.
> Choose the one you would like to use within jack, go the profile
> menu, where you can select between "stereo, 5.1, ..". The last option
> is "off". Once you choose that, pulseaudio releases it and it can be
> used by jack.
> 
> You still have to choose that sound card within e.g. qjacktctl as the
> desired sound card. That's all I had to do.

Does this mean that the pulseaudio jack sink is no longer needed ?  I
still have an OS, Linux Mint 17, which is a couple of years old -
should update soon and find out about any changes.