[pulseaudio-discuss] Rename Sink

[Arun Raghavan]

On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 12:04 -0400, Cyrus Vafadari wrote:
> Is there a way to rename a sink?
> 
> 
> i.e., I want the pacmd list-sinks to return "name: <Basement>" instead
> of "name:
> <alsa_output.usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_PnP_Sound_Device-00-Device.analog-stereo>"
> 
> 
> card: 2
> <alsa_card.usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_PnP_Sound_Device-00-Device>
> device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1d.0-usb-0:2:1.0"
> sysfs.path =
> "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/sound/card1"

You need to load module-device-manager (add 'load-module
module-device-manager' to your ~/.pulse/default.pa
or /etc/pulse/default.pa) and then you can right click on the sink name
in pavucontrol to rename it.

-- Arun