diff --git a/AUDIO.md b/AUDIO.md index 812a206..e57e13a 100644 --- a/AUDIO.md +++ b/AUDIO.md @@ -4,18 +4,20 @@ Here is how to get sound on a minimal install without the insanity of pulseaudio: -1. Erase .asoundrc in your home directory and asound.conf in /etc. +1. Erase __.asoundrc__ in your home directory and __asound.conf__ in __/etc__. 2. Purge pulseaudio. And when I mean purge, I mean it. -3. Identify your available devices in /proc/asound/modules, do: +3. Identify your available devices in __/proc/asound/modules__, do: `$ cat /proc/asound/modules` -Here is an exampl of /proc/asound/modules: +Here is an example of what you will see in __/proc/asound/modules__: `0 snd_usb_audio` `1 snd_hda_intel` -4. Select from the above and put them in the order you want in the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf, by assigning an index from -2 to 2, making the preferred output the lowest number. As I know I have two devices I want the one that says usb because that is my headphone, so in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf I put: +4. Select from the above and put them in the order you want in the file __/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf__, by assigning an index from -2 to 2, making the preferred output the lowest number. + +As an example if you have two devices and want the one that says usb because that is your headphone, on __/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf__ you will put: `options snd_usb_audio enable=1 index=0` `options snd_hda_intel index=1` @@ -23,11 +25,13 @@ Notice the index. 5. Restart the computer. -6. To run Firefox without pulseaudio install apulse. +### Run Firefox without pulseaudio -7. Go to about:config and enter "__/dev/snd/__" under __security.sandbox.content.read_path_whitelist__ and __security.sandbox.content.write_path_whitelist;/dev/snd/__. +1. Install __[apulse](https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse)__. -8. Every time you want to use firefox with this setting issue the command: +2. On Firefo open __about:config__ and enter "__/dev/snd/__" under __security.sandbox.content.read_path_whitelist__ and __security.sandbox.content.write_path_whitelist;/dev/snd/__. + +3. Every time you want to use firefox with this setting issue the command: `$ apulse firefox` -8. Save it in a script or .desktop file to automate this. +4. Alternatively save the above in a script or in a .desktop file for automation.