pulseaudio

Automatically switching audio to HDMI on Linux

less than 1 minute read

One of the devices in the house has a micro-HDMI connecter which is used from time to time with our TV. Unfortunately Linux (pulseaudio) doesn’t switch automatically to the right audio, keeping the sound playing through the laptop speakers, instead of sending the audio across the HDMI link.

Using JACK for lower-latency audio on Linux for piano practice

3 minute read

About a month and a bit in me learning the piano, I’ve had to rethink my remote piano learning setup. The latency was at points really annnoying (sometimes nearly a second) - it’s confusing when you hit a key and only hear it when you’re hitting the next key. So, time to look for a lower-latency setup.