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Bug 629015 - Plugging a known mic does not select it automatically
Plugging a known mic does not select it automatically
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gnome-media
Classification: Deprecated
Component: gnome-volume-control
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome media maintainers
gnome media maintainers
: 629016 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-09-08 02:21 UTC by Yann
Modified: 2010-09-14 07:27 UTC
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Description Yann 2010-09-08 02:21:37 UTC 
On Ubuntu 10.04

1) Plug a mic
2) Select it in the "input" tab of the ubuntu Sound Preferences -> you can see it is recognized (the bars move)
3) Unplug the mic
4) Plug it again

RESULT : the mic is not selected automatically, you need to manually select it again in the Sound Preferences

EXPECTED RESULT : the mic is selected automatically



(first reported here  : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/632450 )
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2010-09-13 17:08:21 UTC 
*** Bug 629016 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2010-09-13 17:09:44 UTC 
Newly plugged in devices aren't automatically selected for playback, or recording, you're supposed to go to the sound preferences, and select them yourself.
Comment 3 Yann 2010-09-14 07:27:26 UTC 
Thank you Bastien for your answer. 

Currently if I plug a known USB headset, it is automatically selected. Is it a bug ? Why do I have to manually select a known mic, but not a known headset ?

I don't understand the logic of the behavior you mentionned : I believe that majority of users who plug a mic or headset want to use it right now... after use, if the user doesn't want to use them any more he disconnects them, or unselects them in the Preferences.

Is it because some mics (e.g. pink and green types) cannot be automatically detected ? (I only use USB mics). If so, I would understand that it is better to have the same behavior for all types of mics (jack/USB).

If this behavior cannot be changed by default, would it be possible to add an option in Preferences to automatically select some mics if they are recognized by the system ?

By the way, bug 629016 is not a duplicate IMHO as it is about NEW devices behavior (whereas bug 629015 is about KNOWN mics, I mean mics that have already been plugged in and unplugged before).

Regards