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| − | ;The problem: Get default mic on Windows, to specify it for ffmpeg. | + | ;The problem: Get default mic on Windows, to specify it for ffmpeg. For example I want to capture some video or audio and specify '''default''' windows audio device. |
| + | I have about 10 of laptops with such audio devices: | ||
| − | + | [[File:Audio configuration of HP2540p on Windows10.png|center]] | |
| + | As we can see, we have two audio devices with same name | ||
| + | * "Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)" | ||
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| + | (One — working, default, one - disabled). | ||
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| + | We have to specify the right one, but we cannot use original name. | ||
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| + | If we list devices by ffmpeg, we see unique alternative names | ||
| + | like "@device_cm_{xxxx}\wave_{yyyy}" | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
| + | ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy: | ||
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DirectShow video devices (some may be both video and audio devices) | DirectShow video devices (some may be both video and audio devices) | ||
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Revision as of 17:36, 7 February 2017
Written For: https://github.com/spatialaudio/python-sounddevice/issues/45#issuecomment-256570747
- The problem
- Get default mic on Windows, to specify it for ffmpeg. For example I want to capture some video or audio and specify default windows audio device.
I have about 10 of laptops with such audio devices:
As we can see, we have two audio devices with same name
- "Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)"
(One — working, default, one - disabled).
We have to specify the right one, but we cannot use original name.
If we list devices by ffmpeg, we see unique alternative names like "@device_cm_{xxxx}\wave_{yyyy}"
ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy:
…
DirectShow video devices (some may be both video and audio devices)
[dshow @ 04e332a0] Could not enumerate video devices (or none found).
[dshow @ 04e332a0] DirectShow audio devices
[dshow @ 04e332a0] "Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)"
[dshow @ 04e332a0] Alternative name "@device_cm_{33D9A762-90C8-11D0-BD43-00A0C911CE86}\wave_{26076D90-56E0-4313-8919-07C91C3285D8}"
[dshow @ 04e332a0] "Line (Elgato Sound Capture)" [dshow @ 04e332a0] Alternative name "@device_cm_{33D9A762-90C8-11D0-BD43-00A0C911CE86}\wave_{066F1F62-9858-4DC2-A6E6-CBA5DC57D17F}"
[dshow @ 04e332a0] "Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)"
[dshow @ 04e332a0] Alternative name "@device_cm_{33D9A762-90C8-11D0-BD43-00A0C911CE86}\wave_{469C7D87-9CF7-4C0C-A12B-419714989D7E}"
…
The only
