Bug 328141

Summary:	www-client/mozilla-firefox: Request for new use flag "pulseaudio"
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Kim <kim>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://9elements.com/io/projects/html5/canvas/
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Kim 2010-07-13 18:44:44 UTC

Firefox needs media-plugins/alsa-plugins[pulseaudio] for <audio> and <video> to work properly with Pulseaudio, i.e. request for the following to be added:

pulseaudio? ( media-plugins/alsa-plugins[pulseaudio] )

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Play audio from <audio> or <video>
Actual Results:  
Ears start to bleed.

Notice that no audio is played if Pulseaudio is already "active".

If audio plays, notice that audio playback doesn't work for other applications. Also, control of volume is not possible through Pulseaudio.

Expected Results:  
Use Pulseaudio for playback.

Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-07-13 18:53:27 UTC

USE flags that only pull in other packages are useless and only cause dependency hell. It's really up to the user to install and set alsa-plugins properly up.