On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 01:34:54PM +0200, Damien Couderc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that audioctl and mixerctl both use /dev/audioctl0 as a default
> since the reimplementation of the new api.
>
> Shouldn't it use the /dev/audioctl link instead to permit choosing which
> device we want as the default?
>
There's no audioctl symlink anymore, it was removed few years ago.
The default device is the one set with sndiod_flags, this way the same
device is used to play, record and volume control.
{audio,mixerctl}ctl are lower layer tools which are no longer for
everyday use and don't participate to the default device logic
