[pulseaudio-discuss] Remapped sinks: Descriptions and disadvantages?

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 27/06/09 18:54 did gyre and gimble:
> 'Twas brillig, and Timothy J Massey at 27/06/09 18:13 did gyre and gimble:
>> Finally, my last question is this:  is there a way to control the 
>> actual name and description given to the original sink?  Especially in 
>> the short-term, I don't mind having to statically configure the 
>> devices in, say, default.pa, even if that means I can't hot-plug new 
>> devices.  I would certainly do this if there are CPU or quality 
>> advantages to not doing the module-remap-sink.
> 
> Well the name you give it already via sink_name, but you can change the 
> description which will be shown in pavucontrol via the sink_properties= 
> argument to the module:
> sink_properties="device.description='My Preferred Name'"
> 
> 
> Sadly, while this should work, the combine module will automatically 
> update it, instantly overwriting your customisation.
> 
> I think the attached patch should modify the module to work for you.
> 
> Please let me know if it works as I've not tested it :)

OK, I tested it.

There is a (slightly different) commit waiting in my tree for a pull :)

http://colin.guthr.ie/git/pulseaudio/commit/?id=56cf900325d56b36ee574c5d0f7aa5ff03db9a70

Col

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