selected input in the gnome input selector is not the input that mumble uses

[Andy Whitcroft]

Today I booted, used the gnome sound setting to select my external blue snowball usb mic, then started mumble. it was not using that mic and stubbonly refused to switch to it using the normal selector. WIthin mumble I have the input selected in mumbles settings was 'Default'.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc700000 irq 47'
   Mixer name : 'Intel Cantiga HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:111d7675,1028029f,00100103 HDA:80862802,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 23
   Simple ctrls : 11
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Speaker'/' Logitech Logitech Speaker at usb-0000:00:1d.7-3.5.3, full speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:0a10'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card2.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:2 'Snowball'/'BLUE MICROPHONE Blue Snowball at usb-0000:00:1d.7-3.5.4, full speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB0d8c:0005'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Date: Mon Apr 16 09:32:05 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-01 (74 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/22/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A03
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A03
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd09/22/2008:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1537:pvrA03:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA03:
dmi.product.name: Studio 1537
dmi.product.version: A03
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Mumble always specifies device explicitly when connecting a stream, even when "Default sink" / "Default source" is selected.
And these devices in mumble are not updated when the default source/sink is changed in PulseAudio, because mumble does not subscribe to PA_SUBSCRIPTION_EVENT_SERVER.

Suggest either
1) pa_context_connect_record should specify null as its dev parameter when the "default source" option is selected. This would also make the stream movable, so if the default source is changed while a stream is running, it will be moved automatically.

2) at least subscribe to updates of default source and sink, so that the next time pulseaudio engine is restarted (is that when the audio wizard is opened?) the correct device will be used?

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Maybe this quick-n-dirty patch will help?

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[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Hi,

I have now packaged the attached patch and it's currently building in ppa:diwic/ppa. Once it has finished buildning, could you please test it and verify that the bug is fixed?

Thanks!

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

It doesn't seem to work quite as we might expect. It seems to stay on the USB mic in all cases when on Default.

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

It looks like the sound settings UI does not move inputs correctly, so I've filed bug 984637 for that.