audio: optional stream nodes in device lists

fixes #1672

quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml

@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ Singleton {
     property bool showWeekNumber: false
     property string calendarBackend: "auto"
     property string defaultTaskCalendarId: ""
+    property bool audioShowStreamDevices: false
     property string clockFormat: "auto"
     readonly property bool localeUses24Hour: {
         const fmt = Qt.locale().timeFormat(Locale.ShortFormat).replace(/'[^']*'/g, "");

quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ var SPEC = {
     showWeekNumber: { def: false },
     calendarBackend: { def: "auto" },
     defaultTaskCalendarId: { def: "" },
+    audioShowStreamDevices: { def: false },
     clockFormat: { def: "auto", onChange: "markGreeterSyncPending" },
     showSeconds: { def: false, onChange: "markGreeterSyncPending" },
     padHours12Hour: { def: false, onChange: "markGreeterSyncPending" },

quickshell/Modules/Settings/AudioTab.qml

@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ Item {
         };
 
         const outputs = allNodes.filter(node => {
-            return node.audio && node.isSink && !node.isStream;
+            return node.audio && node.isSink && (SettingsData.audioShowStreamDevices || !node.isStream);
         });
         outputDevices = outputs.sort(sortDevices);
 
         const inputs = allNodes.filter(node => {
-            return node.audio && !node.isSink && !node.isStream;
+            return node.audio && !node.isSink && (SettingsData.audioShowStreamDevices || !node.isStream);
         });
 
         const sortInputs = (a, b) => {
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ Item {
         }
     }
 
+    Connections {
+        target: SettingsData
+        function onAudioShowStreamDevicesChanged() {
+            root.updateDeviceList();
+        }
+    }
+
     Connections {
         target: AudioService
         function onWireplumberReloadStarted() {
@@ -133,6 +140,16 @@ Item {
                     width: parent.width
                     spacing: Theme.spacingM
 
+                    SettingsToggleRow {
+                        tab: "audio"
+                        tags: ["audio", "virtual", "stream", "obs", "loopback", "device"]
+                        settingKey: "audioShowStreamDevices"
+                        text: I18n.tr("Show Virtual Devices")
+                        description: I18n.tr("Include application streams and virtual sinks in the device lists")
+                        checked: SettingsData.audioShowStreamDevices
+                        onToggled: checked => SettingsData.set("audioShowStreamDevices", checked)
+                    }
+
                     StyledText {
                         width: parent.width
                         text: I18n.tr("Set custom names for your audio output devices", "Audio settings description")

quickshell/Services/AudioService.qml

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Singleton {
 
     function getAvailableSinks() {
         const hidden = SessionData.hiddenOutputDeviceNames ?? [];
-        return Pipewire.nodes.values.filter(node => node.audio && node.isSink && !node.isStream && !hidden.includes(node.name));
+        return Pipewire.nodes.values.filter(node => node.audio && node.isSink && (SettingsData.audioShowStreamDevices || !node.isStream) && !hidden.includes(node.name));
     }
 
     property list<PwNode> typedSinks: []
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Singleton {
         const newSinks = [];
         const newSources = [];
         for (const node of Pipewire.nodes.values) {
-            if (!node?.audio || node.isStream)
+            if (!node?.audio || (node.isStream && !SettingsData.audioShowStreamDevices))
                 continue;
             if (node.isSink)
                 newSinks.push(node);
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ Singleton {
         }
     }
 
+    Connections {
+        target: SettingsData
+        function onAudioShowStreamDevicesChanged() {
+            root.rebuildTypedNodeLists();
+        }
+    }
+
     function setSink(node: PwNode): bool {
         if (!node)
             return false;
@@ -958,7 +965,7 @@ EOFCONFIG
     }
 
     PwObjectTracker {
-        objects: Pipewire.nodes.values.filter(node => node.audio && !node.isStream)
+        objects: Pipewire.nodes.values.filter(node => node.audio && (SettingsData.audioShowStreamDevices || !node.isStream))
     }
 
     function setVolume(percentage) {

quickshell/translations/settings_search_index.json

@@ -9025,18 +9025,57 @@
     "tabIndex": 29,
     "category": "Audio",
     "keywords": [
+      "app",
+      "application",
       "audio",
       "device",
       "devices",
       "headphones",
+      "include",
+      "lists",
       "microphone",
       "output",
       "pipewire",
+      "program",
+      "sinks",
       "sound",
       "speaker",
+      "streams",
+      "virtual",
       "volume"
     ],
-    "icon": "volume_up"
+    "icon": "volume_up",
+    "description": "Include application streams and virtual sinks in the device lists"
+  },
+  {
+    "section": "audioShowStreamDevices",
+    "label": "Show Virtual Devices",
+    "tabIndex": 29,
+    "category": "Audio",
+    "keywords": [
+      "app",
+      "application",
+      "audio",
+      "device",
+      "devices",
+      "headphones",
+      "include",
+      "lists",
+      "loopback",
+      "microphone",
+      "obs",
+      "pipewire",
+      "program",
+      "show",
+      "sinks",
+      "sound",
+      "speaker",
+      "stream",
+      "streams",
+      "virtual",
+      "volume"
+    ],
+    "description": "Include application streams and virtual sinks in the device lists"
   },
   {
     "section": "_tab_29",