[pulseaudio-discuss] Default audio output/input behavior

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Did you use `pactl set-default-source <source>`?

On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 10:22 PM Andrejs Cainikovs <
andrejs.cainikovs at gmail.com> 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.
>
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