violetmage

afk for today, but I noticed that your speakers don't have a profile associated with them. If you assign them a profile as well, does the switching work then?

Sorry, reread my last post; I meant to type preset, instead of profile.

@wwmm I think that this is a related but different issue; since OP is using debian's native package, it's not a server/client version mismatch. It looks like debian is currently...

@ShinoNia Can you share a screenshot of your easyeffects settings?

What would be the purpose of using an HRIR/HRTF if you only have a stereo stream that you would need to upmix?

you can use busctl (cli), bustle (flatpak), or dspy (flatpak) to look at what exists / what's happening on your dbus. My guess is that either the background portal failed...

you could also just try the [Door Knocker](https://flathub.org/apps/xyz.tytanium.DoorKnocker) or [ASHPD Demo](https://flathub.org/apps/com.belmoussaoui.ashpd.demo) flatpaks, which are simple test apps for the various portals.

Shouldn't it be possible to just feed the plug-in a silent audio stream and null sink its output, to flush any buffer(s) the plug-in might have?

Just to clarify, this is a feature request, yes? I say this because you haven't pointed anything out that's technically _wrong_ with the behavior / display, just that it doesn't...

Okay, I'm pretty sure I know why you're confused. Short answer: it's not broken, there simply isn't any application requesting audio to be recorded. (you can click the little microphone...