[Blink] Blink for Linux hangs on second call when using PulseAudio input device

[juleg.ch at gmail.com]

Hello

It seams, that I'm experiencing the same problems here (Debian Stretch, 
Blink 3.2.0)
After doing or receiving a call, Blink's cpu usage goes up to almost 
100%. Also the application hangs afterward and I have to kill the 
process and start again to continue.
PulseAudio shows a device "ALSA plug-in [python2.7]" in the recording 
section of pavucontrol which is not released until the killing of the 
process manually.

Jeff, apparently you managed to find a workaround for this problem. I've 
read about ALSA-loopback devices under your posted link 
https://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge 
but I have no clue how this could help bypassing PA and solving the 
problem in Blink. May be you could elaborate a little bit more how you 
installed this virtual device (example section of .asoundrc?) and what 
device one have to select in Blink for input/output? Can this  
workaround coexist with installed PA?

Any help on this would be highly appreciated because I like the 
application a lot, especially because it's written in Python and it's 
possible for me to understand the source code an to do little 
adjustments if needed.

Regards
Michael