Handle absent/broken audio device on startup
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Description
Previously, we relied on showing the user the actual device being used on the settings window, however this was not a good idea as it had ambiguity with the settings management, which was addressed on this PR: https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/pull/1832.
We should find a way to detect on LMMS load that no audio device is connected and alert the user instead.
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Research direction
Review PR 1832 first, then trace LMMS startup audio-device initialization and the point where device availability can be checked. Done means LMMS detects an absent or broken audio device during load and alerts the user instead of leaving the state ambiguous.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100