Chrys:
I've kept your message from August around because I've found it useful.
Thank you.
Quick question: Do you know of a cli way of telling pulse to ignore
certain cards and use certain others instead? For instance, how can I tell pulse to
limit itself to cards 2 and 3, and leave 0, 1 and 4 alone?
Thanks,
Janina
--
chrys writes:
> Howdy,
>
> you can get all your soundcards with
> pactl list short sinks
> or more detailed with:
> pacmd list-sinks
>
> to set a new default device use:
> pacmd set-default-sink <Index>
> the index is the number on the beginning of the line of pactl list short
> sinks
>
> if the wrong soundcard is set you can run those commans via SSH.
> it remembers the default but if you dont trust and want to be sure that a
> special device is set you can place it as start script
>
> i also wrote a small script and bound it to an bash and gnome shortcut to
> cycle between all soundcards (maybe its useful for you or others)
> ---- script start ------
> #!/bin/bash
>
> sinks=(`pacmd list-sinks | sed -n -e
> 's/\**[[:space:]]index:[[:space:]]\([[:digit:]]\)/\1/p'` )
> sinks_count=${#sinks[@]}
> active_sink_index=`pacmd list-sinks | sed -n -e
> 's/\*[[:space:]]index:[[:space:]]\([[:digit:]]\)/\1/p'`
> newSink=${sinks[0]}
> ord=0
>
> while [ $ord -lt $sinks_count ];
> do
> echo ${sinks[$ord]}
> if [ ${sinks[$ord]} -gt $active_sink_index ] ; then
> newSink=${sinks[$ord]}
> break
> fi
> let ord++
> done
>
> # move current running streams to the new device
> pactl list short sink-inputs|while read stream; do
> streamId=$(echo $stream|cut '-d ' -f1)
> echo "moving stream $streamId"
> pactl move-sink-input "$streamId" "$newSink"
> done
> pacmd set-default-sink "$newSink"
> --- script end----
>
> Am 20.08.2017 um 18:01 schrieb John G. Heim:
> > Well, it's kind of hard to reconfigure pulse when you have no sound.
> > Again, at least 3 times in the past year or 2, I've lost sound, had to
> > use ssh to get into my computer, and remove the ~/.config/pulse/ folder.
> > I didn't make up the solution, I found it on this list. So I am not the
> > only one. It's a problem. Lets not act like it's not.
> >
> >
> > I don't know, I speculated pulse's problems were due to it not being
> > possible to guarantee the order in which hardware devices are
> > discovered. Maybe that's wrong but it's not really to the point.
> > Somebody says pulse has a prioritizing algorithm which seems reasonable
> > to me. But that algorithm probably at least somewhat depends on the
> > order in which ards are discovered. I don't know how it could be
> > otherwise and there certainly seems to be amount of randomness in it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 08/19/2017 01:39 PM, chrys wrote:
> > > Howdy,
> > >
> > > sorry but that is just bullshit lol. Also PA does not choose an
> > > random sound card. it uses that one that you defined as default.
> > > You also can set output devices and prioritys by scripting or
> > > configuration like in alsa... so that argument is just wrong.
> > > cheers chrys
> > > Am 19.08.2017 um 20:24 schrieb Janina Sajka via orca-list:
> > > > Micha:
> > > >
> > > > For me this is yet another reason to stay away from pulse. The last
> > > > thing I need with 5 sound cards is having some bot deciding which ones
> > > > should do what, and in what order. I have no use for machines that
> > > > ignore my specified configurations to make up their own.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In other words, this is just another way for things to break.
> > > >
> > > > Janina
> > > >
> > > > Michał Zegan writes:
> > > > > actually from what i know, pulseaudio does not go by ordering, but it
> > > > > prioritizes cards based on type like internal card vs usb card vs
> > > > > whatever... etc
> > > > >
> > > > > W dniu 19.08.2017 o 19:56, Janina Sajka via orca-list pisze:
> > > > > > Hi, John:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I noted one comment in your post re pulseaudio that I want to respond
> > > > > > to.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > John G Heim writes:
> > > > > > > ... you can never guarantee that hardware
> > > > > > > devices are discovered in the same order. ...
> > > > > > No, but you can control the card order they're assigned, e.g. via
> > > > > > /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf using vid= and pid= params for multiple USB
> > > > > > sound cards.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The best on line summary of available approaches I've
> > > > > > found to date is
> > > > > > at:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://alsa.opensrc.org/MultipleCards
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm currently working through the above as I have a nagging problem
> > > > > > every time I'm forced to reboot, e.g. after installing a new Linux
> > > > > > kernel.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My problem is that my hda device isn't always
> > > > > > discovered. This morning I
> > > > > > ran a system update and had to reboot some 30 times
> > > > > > before my Intel-810
> > > > > > hda device was discovered. I've looked in the logs. The
> > > > > > problem is the
> > > > > > system is literally not seeing the device on most boots, yet once
> > > > > > loaded, it runs perfectly for days and weeks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > According to the above referenced article, there are
> > > > > > approaches I might
> > > > > > try to resolve my problem without rebooting. And, it seems my current
> > > > > > ordering config code could be updated, too.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Nevertheless, I offer my current code because it does
> > > > > > work to reliably
> > > > > > order my 5 sound devices. The always come up in the
> > > > > > order defined below.
> > > > > > My only issue is whether, or not card 0 has been found, else the
> > > > > > remaining devices are shifted by 1--which doesn't help
> > > > > > my situation as I
> > > > > > need the headset to match my configured FreeSwitch
> > > > > > config, just as one
> > > > > > example.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <begin config file code>
> > > > > > alias snd-card-0 snd-hd-intel
> > > > > > options snd-card-0 index=0
> > > > > > options snd-hda-intel id=PCH index=0
> > > > > > alias snd-card-1 headset
> > > > > > options snd-card-1 index=1
> > > > > > options snd-usb-audio index=1 vid=0x1395 pid=0x3556
> > > > > > alias snd-card-2 cmedia
> > > > > > options snd-card-2 index=2
> > > > > > options snd-usb-audio index=2 vid=0x0d8c pid=0x000c
> > > > > > alias snd-card-3 ice
> > > > > > options snd-card-3 index=3
> > > > > > options snd-ice1724 index=3
> > > > > > alias snd-card-4 hdsp
> > > > > > options snd-card-4 index=4
> > > > > > options snd-hdsp index=4
> > > > > > <end config file code>
> > > > > >
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