Is it possible to clean up the virtual input apps lists in Potato?
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:39 pm
New user here, giving Potato a trial on my streaming machine. So far it's pretty much perfect for my needs. I am running into one technical concern however, and admittedly it's a pretty minor one, but I figured I'd ask here.
The app lists panel in the middle of the Virtual Inputs seems like it could be a pretty useful feature to me, but it gets quickly crowded with less-important apps. I'm looking to see if there is some setting or config or ini tweak that I can use to either hide specific apps from the list, or maybe specify which ones are given visual priority.
There are a few things I've observed contributing to the clutter. First, it seems to be ordered alphabetically, so Discord always lists before Firefox, which always lists before OBS, which always lists before Steam, and so on. If I want to stream something wherein I'm showing off something in VLC, for example, it is unlikely to show on the list if other apps are running.
Second, some specific apps appear once in every channel, and usually twice in one. Discord and Steam are the big offenders here, and I realize it's because they are programmed to attach to every mixer channel on a system, which is unfortunate. I've attached a screenshot showing what I mean.
Despite going through internally and assigning as many apps as I can to spread between VAIO, AUX, and VAIO3, the two issues above work together to make that mixer panel unusably cluttered.
My first assumption is that I'm most likely just doing something wrong. But barring that, is it possible to configure what displays there more personally? It'd be super awesome to use that panel for fine volume tuning.
The app lists panel in the middle of the Virtual Inputs seems like it could be a pretty useful feature to me, but it gets quickly crowded with less-important apps. I'm looking to see if there is some setting or config or ini tweak that I can use to either hide specific apps from the list, or maybe specify which ones are given visual priority.
There are a few things I've observed contributing to the clutter. First, it seems to be ordered alphabetically, so Discord always lists before Firefox, which always lists before OBS, which always lists before Steam, and so on. If I want to stream something wherein I'm showing off something in VLC, for example, it is unlikely to show on the list if other apps are running.
Second, some specific apps appear once in every channel, and usually twice in one. Discord and Steam are the big offenders here, and I realize it's because they are programmed to attach to every mixer channel on a system, which is unfortunate. I've attached a screenshot showing what I mean.
Despite going through internally and assigning as many apps as I can to spread between VAIO, AUX, and VAIO3, the two issues above work together to make that mixer panel unusably cluttered.
My first assumption is that I'm most likely just doing something wrong. But barring that, is it possible to configure what displays there more personally? It'd be super awesome to use that panel for fine volume tuning.