On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Tanu Kaskinen <tanu.kaskinen at linux.intel.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 12:39 +0200, Mark Gaiser wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Tanu Kaskinen >> <tanu.kaskinen at linux.intel.com> wrote: >> > On Thu, 2014-10-02 at 13:41 +0200, Mark Gaiser wrote: >> >> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Tanu Kaskinen >> >> <tanu.kaskinen at linux.intel.com> wrote: >> >> > On Sun, 2014-09-28 at 21:16 +0200, Mark Gaiser wrote: >> >> >> Hi PulseAudio list, >> >> >> >> >> >> Note: please keep me in CC, i'm not registered on this list. >> >> >> >> >> >> I've been having this issue for as long as i use Linux (with >> >> >> pulseaudio) but never really bothered to look into the issue and try >> >> >> to resolve it. That's something i've been trying to tackle for a few >> >> >> days now without any notable success. >> >> >> >> >> >> First to clear make my use case clear. >> >> >> - I have a USB headset (but the same is true for jack). >> >> >> - On windows and mac, whenever i plug in a headset (usb or jack) all >> >> >> audio is redirected to that device. >> >> >> >> >> >> My linux setup: >> >> >> - Archlinux x64 (fully up to date) >> >> >> - KDE 4.xx >> >> >> >> >> >> What i want to accomplish is to have the same hassle free use case on >> >> >> linux as it works on windows and mac. My (fairly default) default.pa >> >> >> can be found here [1]. The only things i added (as far as i can >> >> >> remember) is: >> >> >> # automatically switch to newly-connected devices >> >> >> load-module module-switch-on-connect >> >> >> >> >> >> Which i did because it "looked" like the thing i needed based on one >> >> >> of the comments in [2]. It doesn't seem to do anything for me though. >> >> >> >> >> >> So how do i let PulseAudio redirect all audio output to (the last) >> >> >> audio device that i connected to it? Just like it works on Windows and >> >> >> Mac? I mean, i can change output sinks in pavucontrol, but that is >> >> >> hardly a sane way to do every time. There must be "some" easy way out >> >> >> there to do this, right? >> >> >> >> >> >> Also, it would be very nice of the audio switched sink while audio is playing. >> >> >> >> >> >> I prefer doing this using just default pulseaudio and linux commands. >> >> >> I know of the "paswitch" git project somewhere that allows me to >> >> >> switch output devices, but i don't believe that's the right way to do >> >> >> something like this. >> >> >> >> >> >> I hope this list could share the appropriate way in getting this done. >> >> >> >> >> >> For reference, i tried the same use case in Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Magaia >> >> >> (plug in a headset, play music and listen where the sound comes from). >> >> >> In all cases no sound was coming out of my headset. All sound came out >> >> >> of the speakers (that are connected via a jack plug). >> >> > >> >> > I don't know why it's not working for you, but here's some information >> >> > that may help with figuring it out. >> >> > >> >> > The first thing to note is that USB headsets and headphones that are >> >> > plugged into an audio jack are handled differently. >> >> > >> >> > The policy of moving streams to a newly plugged-in USB headset is >> >> > handled by module-switch-on-connect. That module changes the default >> >> > sink to a newly plugged-in sound card, and moves streams if and only if >> >> > the following conditions are fulfilled: the stream is currently playing >> >> > to the sink that was the old default sink, and you have not previously >> >> > explicitly moved the stream. >> >> > >> >> > The policy of switching to the headphones when you plug them to an audio >> >> > jack is handled by module-switch-on-port-available. That module never >> >> > moves streams. Instead, it just switches the port on the sink that has >> >> > the headphone port. I don't know the details of your setup, but if the >> >> > jack to which you have connected the speakers is part of a different >> >> > sink than the one that handles the headphone jack, then audio won't >> >> > automatically move to the headphones. >> >> > >> >> > The above is a description how things are, not necessarily of they >> >> > should be. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Tanu >> >> > >> >> >> >> Hi Tanu, >> >> >> >> Thank you very much for your reply. For the moment, lets focus on the >> >> case where a USB headset is plugged in. >> >> In my current case (with live cd's/dvd's and a natively installed >> >> archlinux) where the case is: (for clarity): >> >> - Play some music using some pulseaudio enabled player >> >> - Sound comes out of the speakers (jack connection) >> >> - Plug in a USB headset >> >> - Sound is still being send to the connected speakers (jack) and not >> >> the newly attached headphone (usb) >> >> >> >> This is repeatable for me on a multitude of distributions, even with >> >> completely different hardware (same usb headset every time). >> >> >> >> Therefore i doubt a fault in my configurations since i would expect >> >> distributions like magaia, ubuntu and kubuntu to have this sorted out >> >> of the box. Anyway, for reference, my settings again: >> >> http://pastebin.com/NL7hbvS6 >> >> >> >> Is there any test i can run to debug this issue and figure out where >> >> things go wrong? >> > >> > I don't think there's any simple test. You could add logging to the >> > sink_put_hook_callback() function in module-switch-on-connect.c for >> > every case where the function decides to return without moving streams, >> > and then see from the log why the moving is not happening. >> >> Just wondering, can you reproduce this issue? > > I tried now, and no, I couldn't reproduce. I installed PulseAudio from > current git master, started to play music with Rhythmbox, ran "pactl > load-module module-switch-on-connect", and plugged in a USB headset. The > music moved to the headset automatically. I will try those exact steps as well and report back with my findings (as soon as i get home).
