[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #241: Pulse Audio Doesn't Remember Preferred Output Device

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#241: Pulse Audio Doesn't Remember Preferred Output Device
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  Reporter:  alexlang  |       Owner:  lennart 
      Type:  defect    |      Status:  reopened
  Priority:  high      |   Milestone:          
 Component:  daemon    |    Severity:  normal  
Resolution:            |    Keywords:          
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Comment (by jgxenite):

 Replying to [comment:7 coling]:
 > I'll leave Lennart to reply to the other bits, but I would say that
 setting the default device will not move all streams across to it - you
 have to do that manually. If pa has remembered that X stream wants your
 first device, then this is the way it will be.

 I think that you might be right - once I right-clicked the stream, and
 moved it to the other device, it worked fine.

 > You can try and clean things out by logging out rm -rf ~/.pulse and
 logging in and setting the default device and see where you new streams go
 to.

 I'll give that a go and see how I get on.

 > If you unplug your USB mid playing module-rescue-streams will kick in
 and even if you plug the USB back in, it will not switch back to it
 automatically. I guess there is argument for some sort of memory of how a
 stream was moved (e.g. manually or rescued) and as such, automatic moving
 (or unrescueing!) of streams would be possible.

 That would be quite a nice feature if someone could implement it. I think
 that is possible more along the lines of what I was reporting as a bug -
 it was forgetting about my USB device when it was unplugged, and then not
 moving the streams for me once I plugged it back in.

 > I'm not 100% sure if the capability to remember which sink a stream
 prefers knows that it's on the "default" of it is always uses sink name so
 this whole reply could be misleading for which I apologise. Lennart will
 no doubt rubbish it in due course if appropriate :p

 Hey, don't worry if you are wrong - I know no more than you do on the
 whole thing :). I'm open to constructive replies though.

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