Gnome Shell Extension - Sound Input & Output Device Chooser

A simple selector to enabled selection of sound source and sink based on Gnome Control Center

Dependency

Python 2 or 3. New version needs Python as optional dependency. Use option to turn off new profile identification logic, if Python is to be avoided. But the old logic has language dependency and works only with English display language

Installation Instructions

The official method to install this extension is from extensions.gnome.org.

To install the extension from source, clone the repository and place it in the $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions directory

cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

# Remove older version
rm -rf *sound-output-device-chooser*

# Clone current version
git clone https://github.com/kgshank/gse-sound-output-device-chooser.git

# Install it
cp -r gse-sound-output-device-chooser/[email protected] .
rm -rf "gse-sound-output-device-chooser"

Enable the extensions from GNOME Extensions App.

Gnome shell versions compatible

• 43
• 42
• 41
• 40
• 3.38
• 3.36
• 3.34
• 3.32
• For older versions install from extensions.gnome.org

Notes:

• May conflict with extensions which modify volume menu.
• Extension works with Volume Mixer extension. Restart shell, if errors encountered.

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