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 <sergst...@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 <sergst...@yahoo.com> <sergst...@yahoo.com> > To: pulseaudio-discuss@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. > >
