Is it possible to route different applications to different audio outputs with Pulse Audio?

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Is it possible to route different applications to different audio outputs with Pulse Audio? I'd like my music to be played on my Stereo, but I'd like sound alerts to be played on my notebook speakers. Is that possible with Pulseaudio?

Peltier

Posted 2011-10-09T10:39:23.763

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Try Ear Candy. It is not only possible to switch between outputs when they're attached, but also to route several programs to other outputs as you're looking for (and lots of other small improvements).

Jens Erat

Posted 2011-10-09T10:39:23.763

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1Ear Candy is 6+ years old. Try pavucontrol, like mentioned below. – Gui Ambros – 2016-07-03T23:51:46.013

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Yes, that's a built-in feature of PulseAudio. Various PA-compatible "volume mixers" such as pavucontrol or ponymix will let you assign a different output for each program (assuming PA actually recognizes those outputs as separate).

pavucontrol

user1686

Posted 2011-10-09T10:39:23.763

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