XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> Carlos is on Linux where VLC for Android supports playing the audio track   
   >> of a video in the background,   
   >   
   > Caveat: depending on the desktop, when the desktop doesn't have the   
   > seat, audio stops or pauses. Audio control is given to the seat.   
   >   
   > Meaning, that Linux being a multiuser OS, there can be two users using   
   > the machine, and control of the audio is given to the user it thinks is   
   > sitting at the computer. For instance, if I switch to text mode using   
   > xtrl-ant-f1, sound stops. I'm unsure if it stops or it pauses, depends   
   > on the application. Similarly if I switch to another graphical user.   
   > Possibly the application might continue playing, just the sound would be   
   > cut off.   
   >   
   > With variances depending on distributions and desktop.   
      
   Hi Carlos,   
      
   Your helpful precaution helps clarify how Linux handles audio when multiple   
   sessions are active. Since Linux ties the audio device to whichever session   
   currently "owns the seat," switching to a different TTY or user on Linux   
   can cause the sound to pause or cut out even if the player keeps running.   
      
   I'm on Windows, so that particular behavior doesn't apply (AFAIK). Windows   
   doesn't use the seat model so the active session keeps audio output even   
   when the screen is off.   
      
   Since we're all about discussing topics of interest on Usenet, the addition   
   of the PC quirks is rather useful helpful cross-platform information about   
   playing audio, especially as most of us have a Linux, Windows, or macOS   
   desktop where we do the more complex ripping that results in an audio file,   
   or, in my case, audiobook generation from PDF.   
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