Update install_pulseaudio.md

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@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ systemctl --system start pulseaudio.service


 ## 10. Ensure pi user is in the `pulse-access` group:
-
+***If you aren't using the default "pi" user, put your user in here instead of "pi".***
 ```sh
 sudo sed -i '/^pulse-access:/ s/$/root,pi/' /etc/group
 ```
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pactl set-default-sink alsa_output.platform-soc_sound.stereo-fallback
 ```


-## 13. Test and make sure you can hear the wav file:
+## 13. Test and make sure you can hear the wav file.:

 ```sh
 paplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
@@ -106,15 +106,115 @@ paplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
 **Note that if you have a Raspbery Pi 3B or 4B, this may or may not seem to work, but it will output on the hat as intended.**


-## 14. Modify PulseAudio to duck the music volume when you or the voice assistant are speaking:
+## 14. The following modifications are specifically required for LVA's mpv_player.py to work with PA. If you do not have a working PA at this point, do not proceed.:
+Backup current PA daemon.conf file.

-```sh
-sudo sed -i.bak \
-    -e '$a### Enable Volume Ducking' \
-    -e '$aload-module module-role-ducking trigger_roles=announce,phone,notification,event ducking_roles=any_role volume=25%' \
+```bash
+sudo cp /etc/pulse/daemon.conf{,.bak.$(date +%s)}
+```
+
+Update the PA /etc/pulse/daemon.conf file with required change. Replaces if present (commented or not).
+
+```bash
+sudo sed -i -E \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*exit-idle-time\s*=.*$|exit-idle-time = -1|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*resample-method\s*=.*$|resample-method = trivial|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*flat-volumes\s*=.*$|flat-volumes = no|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*default-sample-rate\s*=.*$|default-sample-rate = 44100|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*alternate-sample-rate\s*=.*$|alternate-sample-rate = 48000|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*default-fragment-size-msec\s*=.*$|default-fragment-size-msec = 15|' \
+  /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
+```
+
+Just in case the values were missing, may not be needed but shouldn't hurt.
+
+```bash
+for kv in \
+ 'exit-idle-time = -1' \
+ 'resample-method = trivial' \
+ 'flat-volumes = no' \
+ 'default-sample-rate = 44100' \
+ 'alternate-sample-rate = 48000' \
+ 'default-fragment-size-msec = 15'; do
+  k="${kv%% =*}"
+  sudo grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*${k}[[:space:]]*=" /etc/pulse/daemon.conf || echo "$kv" | sudo tee -a /etc/pulse/daemon.conf >/dev/null
+done
+```
+
+Backup current PA system.pa file.
+
+```bash
+sudo cp /etc/pulse/system.pa{,.bak.$(date +%s)}
+```
+
+Update the PA /etc/pulse/system.pa file with required change. Replaces if present (commented or not).
+
+```bash
+sudo sed -i -E \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*(load-module[[:space:]]+module-udev-detect)([[:space:]].*)?$|\1 tsched=0|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*(load-module[[:space:]]+module-native-protocol-unix.*)$|\1|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*(load-module[[:space:]]+module-default-device-restore.*)$|\1|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*(load-module[[:space:]]+module-always-sink.*)$|\1|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*(load-module[[:space:]]+module-position-event-sounds.*)$|\1|' \
  /etc/pulse/system.pa
 ```

+Just in case the values were missing, may not be needed but shouldn't hurt.
+
+```bash
+for m in \
+ 'load-module module-native-protocol-unix' \
+ 'load-module module-default-device-restore' \
+ 'load-module module-always-sink' \
+ 'load-module module-position-event-sounds'; do
+  sudo grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*$m(\s|$)" /etc/pulse/system.pa || echo "$m" | sudo tee -a /etc/pulse/system.pa >/dev/null
+done
+```
+
+Backup current PA default.pa file.
+
+```bash
+sudo cp /etc/pulse/default.pa{,.bak.$(date +%s)}
+```
+
+Update the PA /etc/pulse/default.pa file with required change. Replaces if present (commented or not).
+
+sudo sed -i -E \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*(load-module[[:space:]]+module-udev-detect)([[:space:]].*)?$|\1 tsched=0|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*(load-module[[:space:]]+module-native-protocol-unix.*)$|\1|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*(load-module[[:space:]]+module-default-device-restore.*)$|\1|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*(load-module[[:space:]]+module-always-sink.*)$|\1|' \
+  -e 's|^[#;[:space:]]*(load-module[[:space:]]+module-intended-roles.*)$|\1|' \
+  /etc/pulse/default.pa
+
+Just in case the values were missing, may not be needed but shouldn't hurt.
+
+```bash
+for m in \
+ 'load-module module-native-protocol-unix' \
+ 'load-module module-default-device-restore' \
+ 'load-module module-always-sink' \
+ 'load-module module-intended-roles'; do
+  sudo grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*$m(\s|$)" /etc/pulse/default.pa || echo "$m" | sudo tee -a /etc/pulse/default.pa >/dev/null
+done
+```
+
+Optional since LVA handles duck/unduck: if you enabled role-ducking explicitly in system.pa, you can comment it out with:
+
+```bash
+sudo sed -i -E 's|^([[:space:]]*)load-module[[:space:]]+module-role-ducking\b|# \0|' /etc/pulse/system.pa
+```
+Restart PA and verify
+
+```bash
+sudo systemctl restart pulseaudio.service
+```
+
+Test mpv can ouput to PA with current configs:
+
+```bash
+mpv --ao=pulse --audio-device=default --audio-samplerate=44100 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
+```

 ## 15. Reboot your Pi: (see step 4)

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