> > How about making profile switch more general? > > > > 1. When a card adds a new profile, add a property "intended roles" to the > profile, same as what we do to a device: > > Add a line to proplist.h > > #define PA_PROP_DEVICE_PROFILE_DESCRIPTION "device.profile. > intended_roles" > > Other than on Bluetooth (and *maybe* USB devices with sufficient > metadata), there really isn't a way to accurately tag a sink (especially > ALSA sink) with an intended role. > > > 2. Then the module-device-switch can query the profile intended roles and > select the best profile for a stream. > > > > Is this doable? If yes, I can write a patch for it and change the Bluetooth > device module to add "phone" property for "hsp" profile? > > This is already done in the bluetooth module. > My suggestions is to *not* to tag a sink with an intended role, but to tag a profile with an intended role. So the module-profile-switch can set the best profile for a steam. For an ALSA card, I think it can also has different profiles for different purpose. e.g. surround profile for HiFi, and stereo input+output profile for phone. Thanks Mengdong > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss at lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss
