Webcam - sound

Tue Mar 13 16:08:08 UTC 2012

On 13 Mar 2012, at 16:02, Neil Winchurst wrote:

> On 13/03/12 14:08, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> "If it isn't broke then don't fix" is a sound (excuse the pun) policy.
>> 
>> But I have to comment about the difference between your laptop which is
>> running Mint and your desktop which I presume is running Kubuntu (I
>> presume because nowhere do you mention what you are using on the
>> desktop). Anyway, Mint is based on Ubuntu which the Mint people make
>> "adjustments" to and call it Mint. Which is most likely why you have
>> this difference with alsa/pulseaudio between the desktop and the laptop.
>> 
>> BC
>> 
> 
> Caught me out again. On my desktop I am running Mint 10 KDE, based on
> Ubuntu Maverick. And the laptop is running Mint 9 Xfce. Perhaps the
> difference is between KDE and Xfce.

Not sure if Xfce requires pusleaudio (it's likely that it doesn't), but also Mint 9 is of an age where I don't even think pulseaudio would have been installed by default anyway.

Mark

> 
> Yes, I know that Maverick is getting a bit old now. So I am testing some
> distros on VBox, including Kubuntu 11.10 and Mint 12 KDE. I must soon
> decide which one to choose as my next distro. Or I may stay where I am
> for the time being. One advantage with Linux is plenty of choice.
> 
> Neil
> 
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