On 29.12.2017 21:28, Georg Chini wrote: > On 29.12.2017 13:49, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: >> On Fri, 2017-12-29 at 08:25 +0100, Georg Chini wrote: >>> On 28.12.2017 16:14, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: >>>> This ensures that streams are moved away from unavailable outputs or >>>> inputs. For example, sometimes HDMI is on a dedicated alsa card, >>>> and if >>>> all HDMI outputs become unavailable, then the card profile will be set >>>> to "off", and the streams will be moved somewhere else. >>>> --- >>> I am not sure if changing the profile is a good idea. There is no >>> code which restores the profile when the cable gets plugged again. >>> Can't you fire a hook when a sink or source is suspended due to >>> PA_SUSPEND_UNAVAILABLE and let module-rescue-stream handle >>> the case? >> When the HDMI port becomes available, module-switch-on-port-available >> will change the profile as appropriate. > > OK, I would have expected that jack state changes are ignored > once the card is switched to "off" but I see this is not the case. > >> >> There's still the problem that once the HDMI sink is available again, >> streams won't be moved there automatically (unless module-switch-on- >> connect is loaded), but I think that's a lesser problem than keeping >> streams connected to a silent sink. Would not using a hook and let module-rescue-stream handle the suspend/unsuspend solve that problem as well? You would then also have to modify the default sink selection to take the suspend state into account.
