https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440536
Bug ID: 440536
Summary: Audio settings don't allow selecting multiple outputs
Product: pulseaudio-qt
Version: 1.3
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: nicolas.fe...@gmx.de
Reporter: sonichedgehog_hyperblas...@yahoo.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 140476
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Audio settings screenshot
SUMMARY
This issue was brought up to me by someone close who is a streamer, to whom I
suggested trying the KDE version of our Linux distribution of choice. They like
the DE with the exception of a very frustrating issue: As a streamer they need
to do advanced audio mixing, which involves having an application output to
multiple audio devices. This is something Pulseaudio allows but the KDE
interface for it doesn't. Currently they use Pulseaudio Volume Control to work
around this limitation.
The problem as can be seen in the attached screenshot is that every audio
device is a radio button and not a checkbox: You must pick one active device
but cannot select multiple. Pulseaudio itself lets you do this, it's just this
interface that does not. Could the developers please consider a method to
resolve this and allow picking multiple audio inputs / outputs? Thank you.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Simply go to System Settings - Hardware - Audio to see this.
OBSERVED RESULT
You can select just one active audio device applied to all applications.
EXPECTED RESULT
It would be very helpful if we were able to enable multiple output devices for
sound to be piped through, ideally per-application if possible. At the moment
Plasma users need tools like PAVUControl to do this.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro OS
KDE Plasma Version: Plasma 5.22.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.84.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We're aware of the setting to create a unified audio output from all devices.
They clarified that isn't a good solution: They don't want the audio to go to
all local outputs automatically, only certain devices of choice.
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