I have never seen the description missing, but from reading the code it seems that in some cases the description might be missing. --- src/modules/alsa/alsa-sink.c | 3 +++ src/modules/alsa/alsa-source.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-sink.c b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-sink.c index 0f82df6..7c8db2e 100644 --- a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-sink.c +++ b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-sink.c @@ -2307,6 +2307,9 @@ pa_sink *pa_alsa_sink_new(pa_module *m, pa_modargs *ma, const char*driver, pa_ca goto fail; } + if (!pa_proplist_contains(u->sink->proplist, PA_PROP_DEVICE_DESCRIPTION)) + pa_proplist_sets(u->sink->proplist, PA_PROP_DEVICE_DESCRIPTION, u->sink->name); + if (pa_modargs_get_value_u32(ma, "deferred_volume_safety_margin", &u->sink->thread_info.volume_change_safety_margin) < 0) { pa_log("Failed to parse deferred_volume_safety_margin parameter"); diff --git a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-source.c b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-source.c index 15b6aeb..6541c91 100644 --- a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-source.c +++ b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-source.c @@ -2004,6 +2004,9 @@ pa_source *pa_alsa_source_new(pa_module *m, pa_modargs *ma, const char*driver, p goto fail; } + if (!pa_proplist_contains(u->source->proplist, PA_PROP_DEVICE_DESCRIPTION)) + pa_proplist_sets(u->source->proplist, PA_PROP_DEVICE_DESCRIPTION, u->source->name); + if (pa_modargs_get_value_u32(ma, "deferred_volume_safety_margin", &u->source->thread_info.volume_change_safety_margin) < 0) { pa_log("Failed to parse deferred_volume_safety_margin parameter"); -- 1.8.1.2