[mythtv-users] mythtv-users Digest, Vol 79, Issue 112

[Ma Begaj]

2009/10/27 Phil Linttell <phil.linttell at rogers.com>:
>
> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:44:36 +0100
>>
>> From: Ma Begaj<derliebegott at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] .22 and pulseaudio
>>
>>>>
>>>> >>  If pulse works for you, you'll be able to enjoy systems sounds
>>>> >>  overlayed on top of your recordings.  Enjoy.
>>>>
>>>
>>> >  I certainly don;t want that on my living room system, but on the
>>> > laptop,
>>> >  where I put TV as a background app, I do.
>>> >
>>> >  Thanks for all this !
>>
>> I know that I read it can switch on-the-fly sound output from one card
>> to another, which is pretty useful (at least to me).
>>
>> I could finally use my A2DP bluetooth headphones on the fly, without
>> stopping the video/music and without changing sound device in the
>> mythfrontend configuration.
>>
>
> Yes, on ubuntu 9.10 I can switch on the fly with Pulse between HDMI and A2DP
> output, or output to both simultaneously.  I just re-tested it, as there's
> been quite a lot of change in the A2DP support... never can tell what works
> one day to the next.   Should be pretty stable now, though with release
> imminent.
>

How do you switch between HDMI (or in my case Alsa:Surround51) and
A2DP? On the command line?