# Problems when using
**Bonus Question:** Why are there **2** groups for
mpd
with pulse
Pulseaudio was created in order to enable using more than 1 audio source for one sink (**correct?**). If so, it should be possible to use one sink
for mpd
and another audio source right? That's exactly what I'm trying to do and I can't find the way.
### Relevant Info
- I use Awesome WM
and pulseaudio
so I rely purely commands to change audio settings - No gnome-settings
for example.
- I use mpd as a service and the user running it is mpd
in group audio
.
- I have 2 audio outputs of type pulse
defined in my /etc/mpd.conf
that use the following sinks:
alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo
and alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo
.
- I can switch between those 2 audio outputs with mpc
or other client for mpd
like ncmpcpp
.
- This is the output of grep -E "pulse|mpd|audio"
:audio:x:29:pulse
pulse:x:123:mpd
pulse-access:x:124:mpd
**Bonus Question:** Why are there **2** groups for
pulse
and what is the difference between them?
- I use Ubuntu 16.04.
**The problem is** that if I want to hear music from my browser for example, I have to pause mpd
and refresh the page. It's quite annoying and sometimes I have to refresh the page more than once to hear something.
### What I know
- I can view the programs that use (or want to use audio) with pacmd list-sink-inputs
and I never see mpd
there.
- I know that mpd
is running it's own pulseaudio session because I can see with htop
/top
/ps aux
the following:doron [..] /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog -vvvv
mpd [..] /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog -vvvv
Asked by Doron Behar
(773 rep)
Jun 4, 2016, 04:20 PM
Last activity: Jul 13, 2021, 12:39 PM
Last activity: Jul 13, 2021, 12:39 PM