From 8c2592b4d9604d2c47120fdc7f773c22ed92af16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Robinson <chris.kcat@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:44:33 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore SI-style configuration strings for device names

---
 alc/alc.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/alc/alc.cpp b/alc/alc.cpp
index cc2a95369e..22e349b34e 100644
--- a/alc/alc.cpp
+++ b/alc/alc.cpp
@@ -3490,6 +3490,11 @@ START_API_FUNC
             || al::strcasecmp(deviceName, "DirectSound") == 0
             || al::strcasecmp(deviceName, "MMSYSTEM") == 0
 #endif
+            /* Some old Linux apps hardcode configuration strings that were
+             * supported by the OpenAL SI. We can't really do anything useful
+             * with them, so just ignore.
+             */
+            || (deviceName[0] == '\'' && deviceName[1] == '(')
             || al::strcasecmp(deviceName, "openal-soft") == 0)
             deviceName = nullptr;
     }