PulseAudio

What is PulseAudio?

PulseAudio is a versatile sound system designed for POSIX operating systems, functioning as a proxy between applications and sound hardware. It enables users to perform advanced operations on their audio data as it flows between the application and the hardware. With PulseAudio, tasks such as transferring audio to a different machine, modifying the sample format or channel count, and mixing multiple sounds into a single output are easily achievable through the utilization of a sound server

Highlights

• Proxy functionality between applications and sound hardware
• Ability to perform advanced operations on audio data
• Enables transferring audio to different machines
• Supports changing sample format and channel count
• Facilitates mixing of multiple sound sources