Re: Bug fix in pulse

[Björn Bidar]

Mike Kazantsev <mk.fraggod@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 23:25:24 +0200
> Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de> wrote:
>
>> Should pactl be used here in the first place and not e.g. the dbus
>> interface?
>
> module-dbus-protocol is not in default pulseaudio configuration afaik
> (though maybe some distros put it there), and used to give experimental
> and deprecation warnings before removal, so might not be a good idea to
> rely on even in pulseaudio.
>

Oh I wasn't aware of that, I assume pactl will in the end just talk to
pulseaudio over dbus. Previously I've worked with Pulseaudio over said 
interface.

> Also, libpulse protocol and "pactl" should work with pipewire (which
> tends to replace pulseaudio in distributions), but don't think it has
> same dbus interface.
>
> Using libpulse through some kind of FFI might be an option, but can't
> imagine it being worth the effort over using pactl for occasional
> volume adjustments.

Yeah kinda sounds like an overkill. Just parsing commandline tools that
are not supposed to be used as IPC is always fragile.
Maybe a general API in Emacs would be good too.