On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 17:34 +0530, Arun Raghavan wrote: > On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 12:04 -0400, Cyrus Vafadari wrote: > > Is there a way to rename a sink? > > > > > > i.e., I want the pacmd list-sinks to return "name: <Basement>" instead > > of "name: > > <alsa_output.usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_PnP_Sound_Device-00-Device.analog-stereo>" > > > > > > card: 2 > > <alsa_card.usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_PnP_Sound_Device-00-Device> > > device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1d.0-usb-0:2:1.0" > > sysfs.path = > > "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/sound/card1" > > You need to load module-device-manager (add 'load-module > module-device-manager' to your ~/.pulse/default.pa > or /etc/pulse/default.pa) and then you can right click on the sink name > in pavucontrol to rename it. Ah, I was wrong -- it only sets device.description as Maarten described. -- Arun
