I would like to split sound between skype and games/music/system. I want skype to use headphones plugged in, and system to use speakers. Is that possible? Microphone - mic in PINK Headphones - audio on GREEN Speakers - line in BLUE
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PulseAudio libraries
If someone need to handle PA adequately seems to Windows controls they can try their programming skills to maintain their own GUI library to routing PulseAudio. I think it is a rare people.
Though some chances to satisfy some needs always exist. Lookalike padevchooser
or paman
and other libraries for PA handling by Lennart Poettering:
PulseAudio Device Chooser 0.9.3
Shortly the PulseAudio is a deep integrated audio server and the way how the users will be route their workarounds still leave is a most important task of sound programmer.
JACK libraries
Though exists absolutely different for PA solution despite the many words against this method — it is a JACK integrated to PA libraries.
Lookalike QjackCtl JACK Audio Connection Kit - Qt GUI Interface:
Enjoy!
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Despite your efforts I wasn't able to figure it out yet. But I think you placed me on the correct track :D. +50. Jan 5, 2015 at 19:02
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I've figured out how to do this, in part because my system already has some of the unusual equipment needed. You see, for under $10 typically you can buy a usb audio adapter you can plug your system speakers into and tell your computer to default to using that one for system sound. On my Ubuntu system, my ubuntu skype, seems to prefer the on-board audio, which works out well because the usb sound device does not have a microphone jack anyway.
Just to be complete I located such a sound adapter online which purports to support Linux. I can't say I'm recommending this one, necessarily, as I've never tried it. At $3 and free shipping it might not be the greatest quality, but the one I'm using barely cost more than that, it has lasted me five years, and it sounds great, so you never can tell. Oh and this one even has a microphone jack which mine does not.
pavucontrol
) Reset all programs to use same audio output (suggests strongly that it can be done, since someone is trying to undo it)