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Refresh audio devices

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#219 opened on Jul 11, 2021

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Audacity/Tenacity looks for audio devices only on startup. If you plug in another pair of headphones or a mic while it is running, the drop down menus are not updated.

Describe the solution you'd like A way to manually refresh the list of audio devices already exists in Transport > Rescan Audio Devices - this should be executed every time a new audio device is plugged in or removed.

Additional context See audacity#683

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Research direction
Investigate how to detect audio device hot plug events on Windows (using IMMNotificationClient), macOS (using AudioObjectPropertyListener), and Linux (using libpulse or ALSA callbacks). Integrate with the existing 'Transport > Rescan Audio Devices' function to trigger automatically.
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Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
3-5 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
C++OS specific audio APIs (e.g., Windows WASAPI, macOS CoreAudio, Linux ALSA/PulseAudio)
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
35