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#1 2024-08-26 17:59:58

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Registered: 2019-12-30
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Is there a way to prioritize audio devices based on type?

I am using pipewire with wireplumber. Right now, the behavior is that when I connect an audio device, that device becomes the default. However, this is not always the desired behavior. For example, it is quite common that I have my bluetooth headphones connected already, but then a display device I connect has its own vastly inferior speakers that then become the default when the display is connected, making me have to reconnect my headphones. I think the behavior I want would be to have a configured "hierarchy" of audio devices, of which the most recently connected device of the highest priority level becomes the default. I think, for my purposes, this would do what I want:

1. Bluetooth headphones/earbuds. Preferably auto-detected, but willing to settle for manually specifying individual bluetooth devices
2. AR glasses. Like bluetooth headphones, preferably auto-detected, but willing to settle for manually specifying my own device
3. 3.5mm headphone jack and USB DACs
4. Bluetooth speakers
5. Anything I didn't think of
6. Any display device other than AR glasses
7. Built in laptop speakers

Is this possible?

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#2 2024-08-29 23:48:35

syscrusher
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Registered: 2024-06-17
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Re: Is there a way to prioritize audio devices based on type?

I'm interested in this question, too. My second monitor has the same situation as yours -- onboard speakers are lousy and I would only use them as a last resort. Additionally, I have an analog headset that plugs into the 3.5mm jack, and I'd like to have the input prefer that microphone over the very poor one in my laptop. I don't have an answer for you but will be subscribing the topic.

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