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Chirag
Asked: 2012-07-27 07:40:41 +0800 CST

How to switch back and forth between pulseaudio+alsa and alsa only?

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I prefer using alsa only while I make screencast and do skype. Other times, I use pulseaudio/alsa. Is there a quick and easy way to switch between these two states on Ubuntu 12.04 desktop?

12.04

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  1. Best Answer

    The easiest way is to use "pasuspender", which tells system to temprarily suspend PulseAudio. Starting your program with it will stop PulseAudio for the period you applications runs, then it will resume PulseAudio operation.

    pasuspender -- skype

    Many times it has been said that removing PulseAudio is a bad idea and an unnecessary one. The above should work much better.

    General usage of pasuspender:

    pasuspender [options] -- PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS ...]
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