Playback pauses when changing pulseaudio's default sink

[bbiw]

Hello @ all,

i'm working on an equalizer app for UT (https://github.com/bigbrotherisstillwatching/utEqualizer). I recently updated to Noble and now playback of e.g. the music-player pauses when i deactivate the equalizer by setting the default sink back to sink.primary_output. This does not happen, when activating the equalizer by setting the default sink to the created equalizer-sink, playback just continues.

Does anyone know, what the problem is and IF or HOW i can make it work like before on Focal (?); because it didn't happen there. Is this because of changes in pulseaudio or media-hub or a bug or something else?

Help appreciated!

Greetings bbiw

[bbiw]

When creating a null sink with e.g.: pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name=equalizer and changing the default sink to this sink with: pacmd set-default-sink equalizer music keeps on playing. But when setting back to the standard sink with: pacmd set-default-sink sink.primary_output the music player pauses and the media-hub log says: media-hub: Pausing Player with key: 1, resuming after phone call? no.

[ikoz]

@bbiw I think it's feature for when you listen to music through external headphones and you disconnect them to stop playing music. It also happens on Android.