[PD] Audio Preferences device list usability

[Jamie Bullock]

On 8 Oct 2012, at 18:09, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at> wrote:

> 
> Using Pd-extended 0.43.3-20120930 on my Mac OS X 10.6.8 install, I see the whole string:
> <Screen shot 2012-10-08 at 1.08.40 PM.png>
> 
> .hc
> 

So is this the result of a fix that has been applied to extended, but hasn't propagated upstream?

0.43.3 Vanilla on 10.8.2 still has the problem. Should I report it against vanilla on the tracker?

Jamie


> 
> On Oct 5, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Jamie Bullock wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Does anyone know where the device names that populate the Audio Settings preferences panel come from?
>> 
>> For example on my Mac, I'm getting things like:
>> 
>> 	(0)Built-in Microph
>> 
>> What does "(0)" mean? Not the zero'th device, because for Output devices, both outputs are prefixed with "(0)".
>> 
>> Why is "Microphone" truncated to "Microph"?
>> 
>> Are these names coming from Portaudio? Or is Pd additionally mangling the names?
>> 
>> best,
>> 
>> Jamie
>> 
>> 
>> 
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