File audacity-audiodevdefaults.patch of Package audacity

Index: audacity-src-1.3.12-beta/src/prefs/DevicePrefs.cpp
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--- audacity-src-1.3.12-beta.orig/src/prefs/DevicePrefs.cpp
+++ audacity-src-1.3.12-beta/src/prefs/DevicePrefs.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ void DevicePrefs::OnHost(wxCommandEvent
    wxArrayString playnames;
    wxArrayString recordnames;
 
+   int playDeviceNum = -1;  // use device name from gPrefs
+   if ( mPlayDevice == wxT("") ) {
+      playDeviceNum = Pa_GetDefaultOutputDevice();
+   }
+   int recDeviceNum = -1;  // use device name from gPrefs
+   if ( mRecordDevice == wxT("") ) {
+      recDeviceNum = Pa_GetDefaultInputDevice();
+   }
+
+
    int devindex;  /* temp variable to hold the numeric ID of each device in turn */
 
    for (int i = 0; i < nDevices; i++) {
@@ -205,7 +215,10 @@ void DevicePrefs::OnHost(wxCommandEvent
          if (info->maxOutputChannels > 0) {
             playnames.Add(name);
             devindex = mPlay->Append(name, (void *) info);
-            if (device == mPlayDevice) {  /* if this is the default device, select it */
+            if (playDeviceNum == i) {
+               mPlay->SetSelection(index);
+            }
+            else if (device == mPlayDevice) {
                mPlay->SetSelection(devindex);
             }
          }
@@ -213,7 +226,10 @@ void DevicePrefs::OnHost(wxCommandEvent
          if (info->maxInputChannels > 0) {
             recordnames.Add(name);
             devindex = mRecord->Append(name, (void *) info);
-            if (device == mRecordDevice) {
+            if (recDeviceNum == i) {
+               mRecord->SetSelection(index);
+            }
+            else if (device == mRecordDevice) {
                mRecord->SetSelection(devindex);
             }
          }