Linux Selectively mute applications in Ubuntu

[agantuk]

As the title suggests, I want to be able to mute applications selectively in Ubuntu. Similar to the feature in Windows 7. How can I do that? Googling brought up pulseaudio. Is that the right solution? Please help. Browsing and listening to music simultaneously is a problem due to this

I use KDE.

 

[Dark Star]

Yes pulse audio does that

 

[agantuk]

^ I read pulseaudio doesn't work in KDE. Is that the case? I just gave the command pulseaudio from the konsole, nothing happened. What exactly do I need to do?

 

[cool_cat]

I Think KDE has their own sound server frame work - "Phonon" which was supposed to replace legacy "arts".Pulse audio is a generic solution though.Assuimg You have "Kubuntu" distro:

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/PulseAudio

BTW ,In Debian ,Pulseaudio is started using "/usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11" .

 

[agantuk]

^ Thanks. Will try it out and post back.