On Tuesday 30 September 2014 13:46:48 Arun Raghavan wrote: > On 30 September 2014 16:54, Pali Roh?r <pali.rohar at gmail.com> > wrote: [snip] > > >> Get them to make a release with media.role set. > >> > >> This is a small set of applications, a lot of which already > >> set this. > > > > Yes, new versions of applications could be released with > > media.role set so everything will work. > > > > But this means that *very* pulseaudio application should set > > media.role so we will know that application do *not* want to > > use microphone. > > > > For applications which do not set media.role we know > > nothing. > > I've replied to all these in previous mails. > > >> > What is bad in my solution? > >> > >> That only VoIP applications should really be using it, and > >> the only good way to know an application's voip streams is > >> for them to be tagged by the application. > >> > >> -- Arun > > > > I disagree. Once I connected my bluetooth headset (which has > > also microphone) I want to use only sink/source with my > > headset. And not combination of output to bluetooth, input > > from internal mic and so... This will only confuse other > > users who wants to use bluetooth headset, but PA decide > > that you do not want to that... > > We do disagree on this. I don't think Bluetooth headsets > should be used as general-purpose capture devices. If a user > really wants to do so, there is a mechanism to allow a manual > switch. Most users will not be using this and do not need > this. > > I think we've gone through the previous arguments multiple > times, and disagree on the last point. > > Unless someone else wants to chime in with a good reason to > support this mechanism, this is a NAK from me. > > I'll probably write another patch to have the media-role work > merged into module-bluetooth-policy at some point, unless > someone else wants to take it up sooner. > > -- Arun Ok and what to do in case that there is no other PA card with recording capability? Also I would like to hear opinion of other developers. -- Pali Roh?r pali.rohar at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20140930/2c0ba5fd/attachment.sig>
