Bug 413098 - Allow using multiple audio outputs simultaneously
Summary: Allow using multiple audio outputs simultaneously
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: plasma-pa
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Rosca
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Reported: 2019-10-17 16:25 UTC by Méven Car
Modified: 2020-11-13 06:55 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Méven Car 2019-10-17 16:25:19 UTC
SUMMARY

Pulse audio can create combined audio output consisting in fact in other outputs to allow simultaneous use of the outputs.

Great to use the headphone through jack and bluetooth, or multiple bluetooth output even.

Very useful when traveling with someone to watch the same video for instance.

It would be great to use some UI in plasma-pa to enable this easily.

Ref:
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/Modules/#index11h3
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Examples#Simultaneous_HDMI_and_analog_output
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=118026
Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2020-11-10 00:38:46 UTC
We allow using that module to output to all sinks via Configure > "Add virtual output device for simultaneous output on all local sound cards".

We do not allow to specify a subset of devices to be combined though
Comment 2 Méven Car 2020-11-13 06:55:04 UTC
I guess I didn't find the checkbox when I looked for this, this has been implemented for years.