It unifies audio and video on Linux. It allows audio and video to be easily shared between applications. It allows low latency real-time audio as well as desktop audio to coexist. Previously if you used Jack for example, you couldn’t easily use pulseaudio (I think there was a plugin but it wasn’t great). I think it simplifies Bluetooth audio as well. All round, it’s a much better modern audio subsystem that just works.
Advantages for a normal Linux user?
It just works.
And when it doesn’t it’s very easy to fix the configs.
It unifies audio and video on Linux. It allows audio and video to be easily shared between applications. It allows low latency real-time audio as well as desktop audio to coexist. Previously if you used Jack for example, you couldn’t easily use pulseaudio (I think there was a plugin but it wasn’t great). I think it simplifies Bluetooth audio as well. All round, it’s a much better modern audio subsystem that just works.
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