PulseAudio
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PulseAudio is a network-capable sound server program distributed by freedesktop.org. It runs on BSD including OS X, Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
PulseAudio is free and open-source software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1.
It was created in 2004 under the name Polypaudio, but was renamed PulseAudio in 2006.
Installation
ArchLinux: Some PulseAudio modules are not included in the main package and must be installed separately if needed:
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pulseaudio-alsa: for PulseAudio to manage ALSA as well. -
pulseaudio-bluetooth: for bluetooth support (Bluez). -
pulseaudio-equalizer: for equalizer sink (qpaeq) -
pulseaudio-jack: for JACK sink, source and jackdbus detection -
pulseaudio-lirc: for infrared volume control with LIRC -
pulseaudio-zeroconf: for Zeroconf (Avahi/DNS-SD) support