PulseAudio Insights

What is PulseAudio?

PulseAudio is a sound server system for POSIX operating systems, meaning it's a software intermediary between applications and the hardware. It allows you to do advanced operations on your sound data as it passes between application and your hardware. For example, you can change the volume of individual applications, move sound from one output to another, and combine multiple sound sources into one.

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What other technologies are related to PulseAudio?

PulseAudio Competitor Technologies

ALSA

ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) is a direct competitor to PulseAudio as it provides a lower-level interface to audio devices. PulseAudio sits on top of ALSA.

mentioned alongside PulseAudio in 12% (77) of relevant job posts

PulseAudio Complementary Technologies

GStreamer

GStreamer is a multimedia framework that can utilize PulseAudio as an output sink. It complements PulseAudio by providing a higher-level API for audio and video processing.

mentioned alongside PulseAudio in 2% (60) of relevant job posts