[haiku-development] Media Prefs - Input and Output Selection
- From: Dane Scott - TuneTracker Systems <signalcaster@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:31:46 -0600
Back in the BeOS days, around 13 years ago, I began hoping for something like
this. We're probably at a stage in Haiku where it would be possible.
I would love to see a little modification done to Media Prefs that would allow
the user to select which audio inputs and output sources will be used by
individual programs. Initially my desire was to do this within programs
themselves, maybe using some sort of standardized API, the way we see done in
Windows, Mac, etc., but Pulkomandy has guided me toward what might be a better
approach for our situation in Haiku.
The idea is, under the "Audio mixer" section of Media Prefs, to provide a
dropdown option for each individual program that's currently running. Here's a
little mockup I made, showing how it might be implemented:
http://www.thefairharbor.com/MediaPrefsModification.png
As shown, it's a simple thing for the user to change...and once a source is
selected, that same setting would be used by Media Prefs in the future when the
app is opened, so the user doesn't have to go back in and make the change every
time they open the app.
You guys are the experts...what do you think?
Dane
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