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Bug 546638 - doesn't expose software alsa devices
doesn't expose software alsa devices
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 565873
Product: GStreamer
Classification: Platform
Component: gst-plugins-base
0.10.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
: NONE
Assigned To: GStreamer Maintainers
GStreamer Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-08-06 17:58 UTC by Shaya Potter
Modified: 2009-01-23 07:14 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24



Description Shaya Potter 2008-08-06 17:58:55 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:
Comment 1 Shaya Potter 2008-08-06 17:59:26 UTC
can see the bug I filed in launchpad a while ago as well

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/75402
Comment 2 Jens Granseuer 2008-08-06 18:42:39 UTC
Sounds like a valid request. We just need someone who knows his/her way around alsa...
Comment 3 Jens Granseuer 2008-08-06 19:04:01 UTC
Having thought about it some more, this might actually be something that gstreamer should expose to us.
Comment 4 Sebastian Dröge (slomo) 2009-01-23 07:14:40 UTC
Hi, bug #565873 has a (not completely perfect) patch for this.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 565873 ***