The problem is well known. As Bill G4WJS put it: Any change to audio device availability on MS Windows is likely to renumber > the indexes of other devices, when this happens WSJT-X gets no notification > that it has happened.
That's an awful way to run an audio subsystem, and I'm sure it annoys more than WSJT-X users, but we're not likely to get Microsoft to change it. Bill goes on: There is no practical solution that I am aware of, we get a device index > when we initially enumerate the available devices and that index is used to > address the selected device to send or receive audio samples. Short of > re-enumerating audio devices just before any significant action with audio I > don't see a solution. Note re-enumerating takes time which we do not > usually have at the point it would be necessary. I suppose Bill is right that you don't want always to automatically re-enumerate devices before each transmit cycle "just in case". But let me suggest a practical partial solution. There are two ways at present to force a WSJT-X re-enumeration of audio devices that I know of: (1) Kill and restart WSJT-X, or (2) Switch WSJT-X to another Configuration, and then switch back. Both of these really take too much time, but then they are doing a lot more than just re-enumerating the audio devices. So my suggestion: add a *Reset Audio* menu item (under File or Tools, say) that lets the operator manually trigger audio device re-enumeration, and nothing else, when needed. Should be fast! A small thing, sir, but my own. 73, Paul K6PO
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