While it is possible to use X applications remotely by using -X switch in ssh, the sound is being played in remote machine’s speaker only. For example if I view a film in VLC\/Totem only video is visible and I can’t hear the audio. Is there a way to forward audio too? [without digging through Pulse-audio’s setup, I mean; Like how ssh understands X forwarding by itself.]<\/p>\n
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The easy way: Run paprefs<\/code>, go to Network Server<\/em> and check Enable network access to local sound devices<\/em>.<\/p>\nWhenever you SSH with X11 forwarding enabled, PulseAudio programs use X11 to discover your sound server (use pax11publish<\/code> or xprop -root PULSE_SERVER<\/code> to see for yourself). Just tell PulseAudio to listen for network connections (paprefs<\/code> as described above), and all X11 programs will be able to use it.<\/p>\n(Other users will not have access to your sound server, unless you allow it yourself in paprefs<\/code>. The authentication data is carried over in the X11 PULSE_COOKIE<\/code> property, or you can copy ~\/.pulse_cookie<\/code> manually.)<\/p>\nNote however, that the PulseAudio stream is not encrypted this way, so it is okay for use at home, but not over the Internet.<\/p>\n
\nThe slightly more complicated way: Enable network access as above, but tunnel PulseAudio over SSH TCP forwarding. Use pax11publish<\/code> to discover your PulseAudio port (usually 4713), connect with ssh -R 24713:localhost:4713<\/code>, then run export PULSE_SERVER="tcp:localhost:24713"<\/code>. This will be slightly slower due to SSH overhead, but is safe to use over the Internet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n
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