Feature Request: Disable Audio Output

[clort81]

The Audio Input Device allows me to select "None"
The Audio Output Device doesn't allow selecting "None"

While one can disable ringtone and status notifications - there seems to be no disabling incoming call notifications.

A simple addition of 'None' to audio output device would allow globally setting silent operation.

[ghost]

That's probably a good idea, thanks.

[clort81]

I'll add that uTox (openAL) initializes the audio device on start, which takes-over a found alsa device, preventing other applications from using it.

(this applies to stock alsa setups with many/most sound devices)

Which means if you open uTox, you can't watch a video with audio, listen to music, play a game.

Since uTox is usually silent, it might be worth someday changing sound card init to only open a device when a sound needs to play, leaving it free otherwise.

I have set up an additional sound device now, one for utox.