Please document basic concepts
The wiki user documentation lacks an introductory explanation of some basic pulseaudio concepts:
- devices and ports
- the
.monitor
suffix - device profiles (aka the "Configuration" tab in pavucontrol)
- sinks and sources, plus the related -inputs and -outputs
Currently the novice user can get a general idea indirectly with the information scattered in some wiki pages (mainly the FAQ) and the pactl
man page.
It would be much better to have a "Basics" wiki page (or improve /Documentation/User/FirstSteps/) explaining those basic concepts, and providing usage examples with pactl
and pavucontrol
.