From 60dda03110b335c5afa0412f28a82f82d5ac2643 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: onefang
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 08:56:59 +1000
Subject: Option to skip some devices, defulting to HDMI.

---
 aataaj.lua | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aataaj.lua b/aataaj.lua
index 48d52a2..f982c00 100755
--- a/aataaj.lua
+++ b/aataaj.lua
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ local options =
     asoundrcPath = {help = 'Path to our config files and stuff.',	value = '/var/lib/aataaj', },
     asoundrc     = {help = 'Name of asoundrc file.',			value = 'asoundrc', },
     aliases      = {help = 'Aliases for audio devices.',		value = {}, },
+    skip         = {help = 'Devices to skip.',				value = {'HDMI'}},
     install =
     {
 	help = 'Command to install aataaj.lua',
@@ -531,18 +532,26 @@ elseif 'JACK' == cmd then
 
     print('Rest of ALSA sound devices converted to JACK.')
     for  k,C in pairs(Cards) do
+	local doit = true
+	for j0, c0 in ipairs(options.skip.value) do
+	    if c0 == C['name'] then doit = nil ; print('Skipping device ' .. C['name']) end
+	end
 	for  j,c in ipairs(C['playbackDevs']) do
-	    print('HW playback: ' .. C['name'] .. '\tDEVICE: ' .. C['playbackDevs'][j])
-	    __(AOUT .. ' -j ' .. C['name'] .. '_' .. C['playbackDevs'][j] .. '-in -d ' .. C['name'] .. C['playbackDevs'][j]):fork()
+	    if doit then
+		print('HW playback: ' .. C['name'] .. '\tDEVICE: ' .. C['playbackDevs'][j])
+		__(AOUT .. ' -j ' .. C['name'] .. '_' .. C['playbackDevs'][j] .. '-in -d ' .. C['name'] .. C['playbackDevs'][j]):noOut():noErr():fork()
+	    end
     --	__'sleep 1':Do()
     --	__('jack_connect cloop:capture_1 ' .. C['name'] .. '_' .. C['playbackDevs'][j] .. '-in' .. ':playback_1'):Do()
     --	__('jack_connect cloop:capture_2 ' .. C['name'] .. '_' .. C['playbackDevs'][j] .. '-in' .. ':playback_2'):Do()
 	end
 	for  j,c in ipairs(C['captureDevs']) do
-	    print('HW capture: ' .. C['name'] .. '\tDEVICE: ' .. C['captureDevs'][j])
-	    -- TODO - This looks like the source of the "Detected excessive timing errors, waiting 10 seconds." spam.  Shut it up for now, investigate later.
-	    -- https://discourse.ardour.org/t/hdmi-speakers-are-silent-with-intermittent-noise/108563 last post might help.
-	    __(AIN .. ' -j ' .. C['name'] .. '_' .. C['captureDevs'][j] .. '-out -d ' .. C['name'] .. C['captureDevs'][j]):noOut():fork()
+	    if doit then
+		print('HW capture:  ' .. C['name'] .. '\tDEVICE: ' .. C['captureDevs'][j])
+		-- TODO - This looks like the source of the "Detected excessive timing errors, waiting 10 seconds." spam.  Shut it up for now, investigate later.
+		-- https://discourse.ardour.org/t/hdmi-speakers-are-silent-with-intermittent-noise/108563 last post might help.
+		__(AIN .. ' -j ' .. C['name'] .. '_' .. C['captureDevs'][j] .. '-out -d ' .. C['name'] .. C['captureDevs'][j]):noOut():noErr():fork()
+	    end
 	end
     end
     print('')
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