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shuaiouke

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Registered: 2022-05-21

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[Pulseaudio] Add a combine-sink which depends on a bluetooth device?

So I wanted to make a device which outputs to my bluetooth headphone so I can record in OBS and listen to music without it being recorded, so I used module-combine-sink, but the unfortunate part is that the module fails to load since i have to specify which module is its slave on creation, but bluetooth devices aren't there on startup, is there a way to say "on device X connect, add/enable this sink"? Thanks a lot.

V1del

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Re: [Pulseaudio] Add a combine-sink which depends on a bluetooth device?

You can write a script for e.g. udev and then run the relevant pacmd/pactl command, but what you should also be able to do is load module-combine sink without a slave which will make it a sink that will automatically combine everything.

FWIW if your main usecase is what you described you are probably going to have less hassle if you define a virtual sink that you put applications you want to have recorded on to so you can listen to music without necessarily having to use a distinct bluetooth sink, see e.g. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p1897765 for an example

progandy

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Re: [Pulseaudio] Add a combine-sink which depends on a bluetooth device?

is there a way to say "on device X connect, add/enable this sink"?

I think wireplumber scripts should be able to do that as well, I have not written any, though.
Why did I read pipewire instead of pulseaudio?...

Last edited by progandy (2022-05-23 16:28:31)

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shuaiouke

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Re: [Pulseaudio] Add a combine-sink which depends on a bluetooth device?

You can write a script for e.g. udev and then run the relevant pacmd/pactl command, but what you should also be able to do is load module-combine sink without a slave which will make it a sink that will automatically combine everything.

FWIW if your main usecase is what you described you are probably going to have less hassle if you define a virtual sink that you put applications you want to have recorded on to so you can listen to music without necessarily having to use a distinct bluetooth sink, see e.g. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p1897765 for an example

Yeah this is the goal, I will have two sinks:
1. Bluetooth headphone
2. Record sink
And I output applications to the record sink, which I choose to record in obs, and music to the headphone, but I still want to hear the game sound so I would want the record sink to be a loopback as well.

V1del

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Re: [Pulseaudio] Add a combine-sink which depends on a bluetooth device?

Yes which what I posted will/should accomplish. Your master_sink= should be the identifier of your BT headset in this case. This will create a virtual sink that functions as a loopback for purposes of OBS and still allow you to listen to your stuff.

Last edited by V1del (2022-06-10 10:27:01)

shuaiouke

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Re: [Pulseaudio] Add a combine-sink which depends on a bluetooth device?

Yes which what I posted will/should accomplish. Your master_sink= should be the identifier of your BT headset in this case. This will create a virtual sink that functions as a loopback for purposes of OBS and still allow you to listen to your stuff.

Yes, but I can't set a master sink which doesn't exist, which is the case when pulseaudio starts because my Bluetooth headphone isn't connected yet, that's why I want it to only be added when I connect my headphone and removed when it's disconnected.

Last edited by shuaiouke (2022-06-10 20:18:14)