PulseAudio is the standard audio server in desktop installations. However in a server installation audio services and thus PulseAudio are not provided.
How do I install and make use of PulseAudio in a headless server?
Add a comment
|
1 Answer
Install ALSA
$ sudo apt-get install libasound2 libasound2-plugins alsa-utils alsa-oss
Install PulseAudio:
$ sudo apt-get install pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils
Set Group Memberships for PA:
$ sudo usermod -aG pulse,pulse-access <username>
Run the PulseaudioServer:
$ pulseaudio -D
Following command tells us if a sink is recognized by PulseAudio:
$ pacmd list-sinks
Remember sinkname for output below.
This command will play a sound file to a given sink:
$ pacmd play-file <filename> <sinkname>
We may need to unmute audio devices:
- for ALSA: use
alsamixer - for Pulseaudio: use
pacmd set-sink-mute n 0where n is the sink index (likely 0)
For further CLI commands see also the Pulse Audio Wiki
To configure Pulseaudio Server to our needs we may need to edit /etc/pulse/default.pa and /etc/pulse/daemon.conf that come with self-explanatory. notes.
For testing the soundsystem see alsoSound Troubleshooting Guide
-
Thanks! It works great! But in server installations the pulsaudio didn't started automatically. I also tried add "/usr/bin/pulseaudio -D" to /etc/rc.local, but it not helped. Do you know how to fix it? Aug 23, 2017 at 18:55
-
2Pulseaudio is designed to run in userspace after login. To run it as a service you need to run pulseaudio system-wide– TakkatAug 23, 2017 at 19:56
-
-