Pulseaudio updates for argus that seems to work well

ansible/roles/argus_pulseaudio/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Role: scanner_pulseaudio
+# Role: argus_pulseaudio
 # Install and configure PulseAudio for network audio streaming
 #
 # This role:
 # - Installs PulseAudio and required packages
 # - Configures network audio (TCP + zeroconf/Avahi)
-# - Creates systemd service to run PulseAudio as busnet user
+# - Creates systemd service to run PulseAudio as argus user
 #
 
 - name: Install PulseAudio and network audio packages
@@ -19,27 +19,19 @@
     state: present
     update_cache: yes
 
-- name: Ensure busnet user is in audio groups
+- name: Ensure argus user is in audio groups
   ansible.builtin.user:
-    name: busnet
+    name: argus
     groups: "{{ item }}"
     append: yes
   with_items:
     - pulse-access
     - audio
 
-- name: Create PulseAudio configuration directory
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /etc/pulse/default.pa.d
-    state: directory
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: '0755'
-
 - name: Deploy PulseAudio network audio configuration
   ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: templates/network-audio.pa.j2
-    dest: /etc/pulse/default.pa.d/network-audio.pa
+    src: templates/default.pa.j2
+    dest: /etc/pulse/default.pa
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: '0644'

ansible/roles/argus_pulseaudio/templates/default.pa.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# This file is managed by Ansible.
+#
+# PulseAudio network audio configuration
+#
+# This is so we can plug radios into this computer and then offer the radio sound card on the network
+# so other computers can run software and use the sound card on the radio as long as they are plugged
+# into the network.
+#
+
+# This will automatically handle devices being plugged in, or unplugged from, the USB bus.
+load-module module-udev-detect
+
+# NOT USED
+# This is how you reference a specific sound card
+#load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:CARD=ft991a sink_name=ft991a_tx
+#load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:CARD=ft991a source_name=ft991a_rx
+
+# NOT USED
+# Set up custom sink and source values. To get the values for master, you must first load pulseaudio
+# with only the module-udev-detect and let it detect the sound cards. Then you run:
+# pactl list sinks short
+# pactl list sources short
+# Custom sink and source names for the Digirig C-Media sound card
+#load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=digirig_tx master=alsa_output.usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo remix=no
+#load-module module-remap-source source_name=digirig_rx master=alsa_input.usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_Audio_Device-00.mono-fallback remix=no
+# Custom sink and source names for the FT-991a sound card
+#load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=ft991a_tx master=alsa_output.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00.analog-stereo remix=no
+#load-module module-remap-source source_name=ft991a_rx master=alsa_input.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00.analog-stereo remix=no
+
+# Load native protocol for UNIX socket for pactl
+load-module module-native-protocol-unix
+
+# Enable TCP network protocol so any TCP client can use the sound devices
+load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-anonymous=1 auth-ip-acl=0.0.0.0/0
+
+# Enable zeroconf/Avahi discovery
+load-module module-zeroconf-publish

ansible/roles/argus_pulseaudio/templates/network-audio.pa.j2

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# This file is managed by BusNet Ansible.
-#
-# PulseAudio network audio configuration
-#
-# This is so we can plug radios into this computer and then offer the radio sound card on the network
-# so other computers can run software and use the sound card on the radio as long as they are plugged
-# into the network.
-#
-
-# Enable TCP network protocol for remote clients
-# auth-anonymous=1 allows connections without authentication
-# auth-ip-acl=0.0.0.0/0 allows connections from any IP address
-load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-anonymous=1 auth-ip-acl=0.0.0.0/0
-
-# Enable zeroconf/Avahi discovery so clients can auto-find the server on the network. In reality I find
-# this doesn't work so well, but it's here....
-load-module module-zeroconf-publish
-
-# Disable suspend on idle to keep audio devices active
-# This ensures the audio devices don't go to sleep when not in use
-unload-module module-suspend-on-idle

ansible/roles/argus_pulseaudio/templates/pulseaudio.service.j2

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=5
 
 # Run as busnet user
-User=busnet
-Group=busnet
+User=argus
+Group=argus
 
 # Allow real-time priority for better audio performance
 LimitRTPRIO=9