#11670: Allow partial matching for audio input device names in DirectShow
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Reporter: guest | Type:
| enhancement
Status: new | Priority: wish
Component: | Version:
undetermined | unspecified
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Reproduced by developer: 0
Analyzed by developer: 0 |
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Currently, FFmpeg requires an exact match of the audio input device name
when specifying an input device (e.g., with -f dshow -i audio="Device
Name" on Windows). This can be inconvenient when device names are long or
change slightly between systems.
Proposed Enhancement:
Introduce support for partial matching of device names, so users can
provide a substring instead of the full, exact name.
For example:
ffmpeg -f dshow -i audio="microphone" ...
Implementation Suggestion:
In the code that matches input device names, the comparison currently uses
strcmp in dshow.c
{{{
if (pfilter) {
if (strcmp(device_name, friendly_name) && strcmp(device_name,
unique_name))
goto fail;
}}}
This could be replaced with a substring match using strstr:
{{{
if (pfilter) {
if (!strstr(friendly_name, device_name) && !strstr(unique_name,
device_name))
goto fail;
}
}}}
It might be worth considering implementing some form of case-insensitive
comparison.
Thank you.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/11670>
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