[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #89: the alsa-lib plugin (needlessly?) asks for a specific sink

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#89: the alsa-lib plugin (needlessly?) asks for a specific sink
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 Reporter:  lennart   |       Owner:  lennart
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:         
Component:  libpulse  |    Severity:  normal 
 Keywords:            |  
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 As "wishie" pointed out on IRC the alsa-lib plugin currently seems to ask
 for specific sink. In result, module-volume-restore will never restore the
 sink for alsa-lib clients, because it only becomes active if the sink name
 is left empty by the client. Because many alsa apps close the device when
 seeking this results in a strange behaviour when the user uses pavucontrol
 to move a stream to another device: after the seek it is back on the old
 device.

 Ideally, the alsa plugin would not ask for a specific device unless this
 is really necessary. I am not sure however, if this is actually an issue
 with the plugin or in the app making use of it.

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Ticket URL: <http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/89>
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