Oh nice! I wonder if this will fix discord streaming audio?
Can you describe the issue? I don’t use Discord (and I presume the problem might depend on what browser you use).
I’m assuming this is a “dedicated app” (i.e. apt install discord). I was capable of streaming the video, but sound was a different beast. Audio streaming on discord was a no go. I was finally able to do it with pipewire and using discord-screenaudio
https://github.com/maltejur/discord-screenaudio
A custom discord client that supports streaming with audio on Linux
Jaysus, I wish this were a world where stuff like that wasn’t necessary.
Uneducated question: what’s the benefit of a dedicated client over running it in a normal browser?
Sorry for late reply. I just now noticed this.
The difference would be that a browser would likely have multiple web pages fighting for resources whereas the dedicated client would not have to fight over so many resources.
The OS has a dedicated task scheduler that alots cpu time to each process. Some processes get preferential treatment, but most processes started on user space ( i.e.double click UI icon) are just “normal” priority.
When a task scheduler hits on a process, that process can start executing whatever it needs to do. The problem with running discord in a browser is that the application is splitting its attention across multiple pages ( and probably other stuff ) instead of a single page.
Basically, it’s faster to focus on painting a single canvas than it is to painting 3 at the same time.
I’m not going to discuss shared memory and separate processes or forking. You can goggle search if you want to know more about that.
