[pulseaudio-discuss] Default audio output/input behavior

[Andrejs Cainikovs]

Hi Sergei,

Thanks for your answer. I'll bring up this discussion on the ALSA mailing
list then.

Best regards,
Andrejs Cainikovs.

On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 8:37 PM Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh at yahoo.com> wrote:

> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Default audio output/input behavior
> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 12:51:17 +0300
> From: Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh at yahoo.com> <sergstesh at yahoo.com>
> To: pulseaudio-discuss at lists.freedesktop.org
>
> 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.
>
>
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