Re: How to permanently change default sound input source?
On 2016-09-05, Frédéric Mesplède <f.mesplede@gmx.fr> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> On my parents' computer I installed debian mate 8.5 and each time that
> we use skype they have to (or rather I have to, thanks to teamspeak)
> manually change the audio input source setting via Pulseaudio control
> panel and set it on the usb camera. The usb camera is already the
> "default alternative" in the mate sound control panel but this setting
> does not seem to be taken into account... Is there a way (a script? a
> manual editing of a setting file?) to lock this audio setting on the
> camera so that they do not have to change it back every single time?
>
> I found this page
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/14077/how-can-i-change-the-default-audio-device-from-command-line
> but I don't know how to show a list of the available audio input
> sources... I need it to run the command
This looks helpful:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Examples#Set_default_input_sources
> pacmd set-default-source "SOURCENAME"
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
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