[pulseaudio-discuss] Default audio output/input behavior

[Sergei Steshenko]

IMO it's more ALSA/udev related. I.e. ALSA + udev (rules) assign audio 
device name.

The following links might be of some use: https://alsa.opensrc.org/Udev 
, https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Changing_card_IDs_with_udev .

Alas, Linux audio is still a mess - even though I've never seriously 
used Window. I'm on UNIX0like systems since 1991 or so.

--Sergei.

On 07/10/2022 19:11, Andrejs Cainikovs wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm not sure whether this is the correct place to address my thoughts 
> or not. If you think there's a better/correct place to bring-up this 
> discussion - please let me know, and I will repost this to another place.
>
> While I believe this might be not Ubuntu 20/22 specific, I'm super 
> irritated by the change of default audio input and output when new 
> devices are connected. Some/most of us, engineers, are using advanced 
> setup for our convenience, and quite often these come into play: 
> docking stations / bluetooth headsets / usb audio card / etc. While on 
> Windows, my setup just works (TM): whatever I do - either switch to 
> Windows PC via KVM with integrated USB hub where I have external USB 
> mic and Logitech camera attached - it just remembers my 
> previously selected audio devices and just reuses those. With Ubuntu: 
> every, every single time I attach something audio related - I need to 
> go into audio settings and change my default audio input and output 
> devices.
>
> With this email I hope to spark a discussion to make the whole audio 
> experience much more friendlier for everyone, than it is now.
>
> Best regards,
> Andrejs Cainikovs.