Use PulseAudio device.description if available to provide audio device names
The pavucontrol
application uses the device.description
property for device names instead of the typically wordy device.product.name
if it is provided for a device. As device.description
is modifiable, it can thus be assigned a much shorter and more readable name (e.g. "Built-in Sound" instead of "Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller").
While adding this feature doesn't require adding any new options, it would also be nice to be able to rename PulseAudio sinks/sources through the settings menu somehow.