1488666 - Wrong Audio Stream Name in Ubuntu 18.04 Volume Mixer

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Audio/Video: cubeb, defect, P3)

Description

[ben.holland.core]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:61.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/61.0
Build ID: 20180704192850

Steps to reproduce:

Started Firefox
Played a Youtube Video
Opened Ubuntu's Sound Settings
Navigated to the Applications Tab
Observed the Incorrectly Named Audio Stream
Checked pulseaudio client list
Observed application.name is incorrect.


Actual results:

The audio stream for the Firefox Application is listed as "AudioIPC Server". 



Expected results:

The audio stream for the firefox application should be "Firefox", or at least something
that identifies it as coming from a firefox client. Ideally would also contain a reference to the window or tab that's creating the stream.

Comment 1

[Andre Klapper]

Did you install Firefox manually, or is this a package provided by Ubuntu?

Comment 2

[Alex Chronopoulos [:achronop]]

The name is coming from remote cubeb. I am not sure if they prefer it like that or they are open to a change. Matthew can you please check this bug and confirm it or not.

Comment 3

[ben.holland.core]

Andre:
Not sure. It shows up in the Ubuntu software center as installed, but I don't know the exact relationship between that, apt, and the installer you get from the Firefox site. 
The version string in the Ubuntu Software Center is 
 
61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

and the version listed in the About dialog is

61.0.1 (64-bit)
Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu
canonical-1.0

Let me know if you want me to remove and reinstall in a specific way.

Comment 4

[Matthew Gregan [:kinetik]]

It's easy enough to fix this to behave how it did before remoting was enabled, so I'll take the bug and use it to change that.  Passing through the tab title or something is a bit more complex and should be a different bug (feature request) - it'd be nice to have, though.

Comment 5

[wis]

is there any progress on this issue?

Comment 6

[Matthew Gregan [:kinetik]]

https://github.com/djg/audioipc-2/pull/66

This will need a patch on the Gecko side to pass an appropriate name for the audio contexts.

Comment 7

[Matthew Gregan [:kinetik]]

Fix will land as part of bug 1539225.