Documentation:Modules/pulse

Module: pulse
Type	Audio output
First VLC version	-
Last VLC version	-
Operating system(s)	Linux
Description	PulseAudio audio output
Shortcut(s)	-

Shortcuts to this module include pulseaudio and pa. Basic PulseAudio input support was added in VLC 2.0.0.

Introduction

PulseAudio is a sound server associated mainly with GNU/Linux users, but it can also be used on *BSD and macOS. The pulse and jack modules are two modern options (there might be others) for audio output on Linux. The esd and arts modules were removed prior to the release of VLC 1.0.0.

Options

None.

Source code

• modules/audio_output/pulse.c
• modules/audio_output/vlcpulse.c (separate module, support library for libVLC plugins)
• modules/access/pulse.c

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