pidgin default sound source/output selection is ineffective

[gy-lehel]

Multiple sound-card systems are not supported (ex: internal sound card + webcam).
Output, and source selection is not working as sources, and possible output cards are not listed.
Choosing pulseaudio output does not work either, pidgin completely ignores choices done in pavucontrol, and defaults to the computers internal sound card.

[xhaakon]

Affects also webcam selection. Device enumeration hasn't been rewritten when Pidgin 3 was ported to GStreamer 1.0, where the old method isn't available, and so the source and sink elements rely on default values.

We'll need a new implementation, likely based on GstDevice.

[xhaakon]

Input device selection should now be possible in latest sipe-collab PPA version of Pidgin:

Refurbished Voice/Video settings tab in Pidgin preferences has been deployed to sipe-collab PPA. It has a simplified interface with just a single 'Device' combo box for each audio/video input/output. If you have e.g. a USB headset in addition to your PC sound card or multiple webcams, you can now also select which device you want to use during the call. This functionality was previously lost with Pidgin's transition to GStreamer 1.0.

The combo boxes are dynamic and should update automatically when new device is plugged in.

Under the hood the settings tab employs GstDeviceMonitor to receive the available devices and detect when a device is added or removed.

Please note that this feature is not available on Ubuntu 14.04.

[xhaakon]

Closing since I consider the issue solved.

Feel free to reopen if you still have problems regarding this topic.

[ghost]

Hello, I am running into this issue where it only shows default for all device options, and I'd really appreciate your help.