enablign usb headset

[H.S.]

Donald Raikes wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> How do I enable my usb headset under intrepid?
> 
> I hear everything perfectly through the speakers, but I would like to be
> able to use my usb headset at times, but when I plug it in, the sound
> still comes through the speakers.
> 
> I would like it to be that when I plug in the headset audio is
> automatically switched to the headset, but if they are not plugged in
> sound comes through the speakers like usual.
> 

Which version of Ubuntu are you using? If yours has pulseaudio
installed, then you are all set. As far as I now, changing audio devices
for an application on the fly is the easiest in Pulseaudio. Once you
plug in your audio headset, it is listed as an additional device and you
can then control which of the devices is going to be your default
device, or if you want only certain applications to output their audio
to a particular device. The way to do this to start PulseAudio's Device
chooser application.

No idea how to make this 'on the fly' thing work in alsa though.

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