IMO it's more ALSA/udev related. I.e. ALSA + udev (rules) assign audio
device name.
The following links might be of some use: https://alsa.opensrc.org/Udev
, https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Changing_card_IDs_with_udev .
Alas, Linux audio is still a mess - even though I've never seriously
used Window. I'm on UNIX0like systems since 1991 or so.
--Sergei.
On 07/10/2022 19:11, Andrejs Cainikovs wrote:
Dear all,
I'm not sure whether this is the correct place to address my thoughts
or not. If you think there's a better/correct place to bring-up this
discussion - please let me know, and I will repost this to another place.
While I believe this might be not Ubuntu 20/22 specific, I'm super
irritated by the change of default audio input and output when new
devices are connected. Some/most of us, engineers, are using advanced
setup for our convenience, and quite often these come into play:
docking stations / bluetooth headsets / usb audio card / etc. While on
Windows, my setup just works (TM): whatever I do - either switch to
Windows PC via KVM with integrated USB hub where I have external USB
mic and Logitech camera attached - it just remembers my
previously selected audio devices and just reuses those. With Ubuntu:
every, every single time I attach something audio related - I need to
go into audio settings and change my default audio input and output
devices.
With this email I hope to spark a discussion to make the whole audio
experience much more friendlier for everyone, than it is now.
Best regards,
Andrejs Cainikovs.
