[haiku-development] Re: Media Prefs - Input and Output Selection

  • From: Isak Andersson <IcePapih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:38:37 +0100

Hell yes. Do want this! 

Dane Scott - TuneTracker Systems <signalcaster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>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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