Better Audio Routing #902

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1. TacYuu

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   on Oct 20, 2026
2. spotatui commented on Oct 20, 2026

   

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   on Oct 20, 2026

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   Label: enhancement
   Likely area: Audio output device selection (native streaming sink and decoded-source player)

   Summary

   The reporter routes audio with Voicemeeter on one Windows PC and SteelSeries Sonar on another. They cannot send spotatui's output to a particular channel, either through Sonar or through the Windows output settings. They want to pick spotatui's output device inside the app, such as a virtual audio cable or a physical device. Today the only override is the SPOTATUI_STREAMING_AUDIO_DEVICE environment variable for native Spotify streaming. The other sources always use the system default output, and there is no in-app setting.

   Key points

   • The reporter uses Voicemeeter on one computer and SteelSeries Sonar on another to manage audio sources.
   • They cannot route spotatui's audio in SteelSeries Sonar.
   • Changing the output channel fails both with Sonar and with the Windows built-in settings.
   • They want to choose spotatui's output device inside the app, for example a virtual audio cable or physical hardware.

   Where to look

   • src/infra/player/streaming.rs: Builds the librespot audio backend. It reads SPOTATUI_STREAMING_AUDIO_BACKEND and SPOTATUI_STREAMING_AUDIO_DEVICE from the environment and passes the device to the sink.
   • src/infra/audio/player.rs: open_sink always opens cpal's default output device for the decoded sources (local, Subsonic, radio, YouTube, Qobuz), with no option to choose another.
   • docs/native-streaming.md: Documents the SPOTATUI_STREAMING_AUDIO_DEVICE override and says the other sources use the system default output.

   Possible duplicates: none found

   _{Compared against 55 open and 100 recently closed issues.}