GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 546638
doesn't expose software alsa devices
Last modified: 2009-01-23 07:14:40 UTC
Please describe the problem: gnome-sound-properties does a great job of enumerating (and therefore enabling a user to select) the alsa hardware sound devices provided by a machine, but doesn't enumerate alsa software devices a user might specify in their .asoundrc. namely, a user might specify a bluetooth audio device using bluez's support for it, but while they can't specify that as their default device within the .asoundrc, and then have gnome use the default device, it doesn't let them easily switch between them using gnome's interface. Steps to reproduce: 1. add this entry to your .asoundrc pcm.bluetooth { type bluetooth device 00:13:17:70:7E:F9 } the device mac is for my a2dp headset 2. try to select it within gnome Actual results: it's not selectable Expected results: it to be enumerated a valid sound card Does this happen every time? yes Other information:
can see the bug I filed in launchpad a while ago as well https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/75402
Sounds like a valid request. We just need someone who knows his/her way around alsa...
Having thought about it some more, this might actually be something that gstreamer should expose to us.
Hi, bug #565873 has a (not completely perfect) patch for this. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 565873 ***