Bug 100403

Summary:	module-echo-cancel: Should automatically switch to a new default source_master and sink_master...
Product:	PulseAudio	Reporter:	Robert <maxl1234>
Component:	modules	Assignee:	pulseaudio-bugs
Status:	RESOLVED MOVED	QA Contact:	pulseaudio-bugs
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	lennart
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	Linux (All)
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Robert 2017-03-26 16:53:41 UTC

...at least if the parameter "source_master" and "sink_master" was not explicitly given  at load time of the module "module-echo-cancel".

My concrete  problem is that I have put the module in the default.pa for automatic loading at startup, and everything works fine.

But then I connect my Headset and Pulseaudio switches the Port automatically to "Headphones" (as it should do), but the "module-echo-cancel" does not automatically switches to the new "sink_master".

This is very annoying because now I have to unload the "module-echo-cancel" manually  and reload it again.
I think the same is happening if you have a USB- Headset and use the module "module-switch-on-connect".


My entries in  default.pa:

load-module module-echo-cancel use_volume_sharing=1 use_master_format=1 aec_method=webrtc aec_args="digital_gain_control=1 experimental_agc=1 analog_gain_control=0 noise_suppression=1 voice_detection=1 extended_filter=1" source_name=echoCancel_source sink_name=echoCancel_sink

set-default-source echoCancel_source
set-default-sink echoCancel_sink

Comment 1 Arun Raghavan 2017-03-27 07:15:58 UTC

A 'port' is not a new sink/source -- it is just a different route on the same device. So nothing should really change in this case (the echo canceller will continue to apply to the cancelled output).

With a USB headset, things are different because you get a new sink and source.

The ideal case, though, is that the program you're using just marks its own stream with the property 'filter.want=echo-cancel'. This will make PA dynamically apply echo cancellation on the streams where it is needed.

Comment 2 Robert 2017-03-27 19:29:48 UTC

In my case if I plug in my headset the default sink switches from "<alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-surround-51>" to "<alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo>".

No I think in my case 'filter.want=echo-cancel' would be not the best solution, because I guess if I would start for example Mumble with 'filter.want=echo-cancel', and I don't use my Headset, the sounds of a game or the music player would not be filtered out.
This is the reason why I let everything run through my "echoCancel_source" and "echoCancel_sink", but correct me if I am wrong.

Comment 3 Robert 2018-02-18 15:35:49 UTC

Until today the "ideal case" which was talked about still is not reality, and I don't know if it ever will be, and even if, my favorite IM/VOIP program is running all the time and so the module-echo-cancel would be loaded all the time anyhow.

Another problem with this "ideal case" is that it is not possible to set a system wide enforced default for which parameters are used when the module-echo-cancel is automatically loaded.
The new not really documented "filter.apply.echo-cancel.parameters" would not help, because every developer would have to use this also, and I doubt that they would use the settings which I prefer and need.

So I still think that an option to tell the "module-echo-cancel" that it always should stick to the default source_master and sink_master would be helpful to many people.

Comment 4 GitLab Migration User 2018-07-30 10:04:30 UTC

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