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Audio device names longer than 32 characters are truncated. #599
Description
Hello,
Long audio device names are being truncated.
Could you please check this?
Thank you.
os : windows
sd_lists = sounddevice.query_devices()
for device_info in sd_lists:
idx = device_info['index']
name = device_info['name'] # <-- truncated ,,,,,
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mgeier commentedon Sep 22, 2025
The Python wrapper doesn't truncate any names, I think those are truncated either by the underlying PortAudio library of by whatever audio backend you are using.
Please ask at https://github.com/PortAudio/portaudio/issues.
FYZAFH commentedon Nov 6, 2025
It's a matter of the underlying protocol, mme supports 31 characters, WASAPI supports 63 characters, which actually has little to do with sd