Changing Dante device and channel names

[MeestorX]

I don't know rust, but I can see where in the source code the name of the device and channels are set. I also see that when I change the channel names in DC, they seem to "stick".
How can I change the channel names programmatically, and also, how can I change the device name programmatically? Is there a way within the existing code?

[maze42d]

I haven't actually seen a way for that in inferno directly, but you can run one of the cli Dante tools listed somewhere in the readme after running inferno.

as far as I know it doesn't actually remember the names but the Dante network itself does, eg. the other devices on the network remember it, the go oh i've seen you before! this was your config: ...

[teodly]

Device name is exposed as setting, so set INFERNO_NAME env var or NAME parameter of the ALSA plugin.

Channel names are saved in ~/.local/state/inferno_aoip/*/channels.toml, you can modify this file before starting Inferno or use netaudio after starting Inferno.

[MeestorX]

Ok, so those parameters are not pulled from the pipewire node information, correct?
I have my pw node for the inferno virtual device as:

context.objects = [
    {
        factory = adapter
        args = {
            factory.name           = api.alsa.pcm.source
            node.name              = "Inferno-source"
            node.description       = "Inferno source"
            media.class            = Audio/Source
            api.alsa.path          = "inferno"
            api.alsa.headroom      = 128    
            audio.rate             = 48000
            audio.channels         = 4
            object.linger          = 1
            session.suspend-timeout-seconds = 0
            node.pause-on-idle     = false
            node.suspend-on-idle   = false
            node.always-process    = true
        }
    },
    {
        factory = adapter
        args = {
            factory.name           = api.alsa.pcm.sink
            node.name              = "Inferno-sink"
            node.description       = "Inferno sink"
            media.class            = Audio/Sink
            api.alsa.path          = "inferno"
            api.alsa.headroom      = 64
            audio.rate             = 48000
            audio.channels         = 2
            object.linger          = 1
            session.suspend-timeout-seconds = 0
            node.pause-on-idle     = false
            node.suspend-on-idle   = false
            node.always-process    = true
        }
    }
]

I had thought that those values might be automagically passed to ~/.asoundrc?

pcm.inferno {
	type inferno
	@args.NAME { type string }
	@args.DEVICE_ID { type string }
	@args.BIND_IP { type string }
	@args.SAMPLE_RATE { type string }
	@args.PROCESS_ID { type string }
	@args.ALT_PORT { type string }
	@args.RX_CHANNELS { type string }
	@args.TX_CHANNELS { type string }
	@args.CLOCK_PATH { type string }
	@args.RX_LATENCY_NS { type string }
	@args.TX_LATENCY_NS { type string }

	# note: too long ALSA device string may not work in some or all apps (noticed in PipeWire)
	# so if you need to change them, better configure all needed settings below
	# and remove corresponding "@args. ..." lines above

	NAME $NAME
	DEVICE_ID $DEVICE_ID
	BIND_IP $BIND_IP
	SAMPLE_RATE $SAMPLE_RATE
	PROCESS_ID $PROCESS_ID
	ALT_PORT $ALT_PORT
	RX_CHANNELS 4
	TX_CHANNELS $TX_CHANNELS
	CLOCK_PATH $CLOCK_PATH
	RX_LATENCY_NS $RX_LATENCY_NS
	TX_LATENCY_NS $TX_LATENCY_NS
	
	hint {
		show on
		description "Inferno ALSA virtual device"
	}
}

[MeestorX]

Changing the NAME parameter in ~/.asoundrc works! TY.
Is there a way to change the MODEL value as well?

[teodly]

not yet but it should be trivial to implement