timo wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering if there is any way to permanently bind an application > to a specified sink. > > I have 2 audio output devices; a built-in soundcard which is connected > to my desk speakers, > and a high-end external USB-audio device that is connected to my main > amp and living room > speakers. What i'm looking for is way to always route my mp3/flac > player applications > (rhythmbox, audacious, etc) to the external audio device, while all > other applications use > the default sink, which would in this case be the internal sound card. > > At the moment i'm pointing the streams to the appropriate sink using > pavucontrol, but i > have to do that every time the stream starts, otherwise it will revert > back to the default sink. > So i'm basically looking for a way to make these choices permanent, any ideas? Hmmm, what version are you using? Pulse should remember the device you've moved a stream to for a given application (in older versions this is handled by module-volume-restore - a bad name!, but in newer versions it's done by IIRC module-stream-restore) Col -- Colin Guthrie gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] Open Source: Mandriva Linux Contributor [http://www.mandriva.com/] PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/]
