[ale] Audio from different apps to different destinations

[Alex Carver]

Right now I'm using the Cinnamon desktop but there's no such submenu in 
the application panel.

On 2025-10-26 17:13, Ron via Ale wrote:
> Alex Carver via Ale wrote on 2025-10-26 14:41:
> 
>> How does one set up the audio subsystem to route audio from a
>> particular application to a particular output device?
> 
> This might be dependent on the desktop in most cases?
> 
> 
>> Right now I can only go to the sound configuration panel and select
>> a particular device which sends all audio to it. Similarly for audio
>> inputs.
> For KDE, there's a widget on the "panel" for audio.
> 
> Scrolling on it raises / lowers volume.
> 
> Left-clicking gives a 2 panel pop-out with Applications and Devices.
> 
> Beside the Application -> Firefox entry for, say, YouTube, I click the 
> hamburger menu and all output devices are listed and I can select 
> Bluetooth speaker or headphones for *that instance* of Firefox.
> 
> I can adjust the output for each device separately too on the Devices 
> panel.
> 
> 
> It's really handy and powerful.
> 
> It's also the only desktop I've used in ages, so YMMV.
> 
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