Getting names of audio inputs and outputs through Reaper API

[vtsaran]

Hi.
In my plugin I would like to retrieve the actual name(s) of give audio inputs or outputs. I see such option exists for MIDI inputs and outputs via the GetMIDIInput and GetMIDIOutput API calls, but I cannot locate anything similar for audio inputs or outputs.
Am I missing something or the functionality is not available? If not, then why?
Could I request the addition of these functions to the API?

Thanks for any answers / pointers.
Vic

[vtsaran]

Since I haven't seen any reactions to this post, wanted to bump it up.
Someone, please?

Thanks,
Victor

[msiren]

Originally Posted by vtsaran

Hi.
In my plugin I would like to retrieve the actual name(s) of give audio inputs or outputs. I see such option exists for MIDI inputs and outputs via the GetMIDIInput and GetMIDIOutput API calls, but I cannot locate anything similar for audio inputs or outputs.
Am I missing something or the functionality is not available? If not, then why?
Could I request the addition of these functions to the API?

Thanks for any answers / pointers.
Vic

Found these:
REAPERAPI_DECL const char* (*GetInputChannelName)(int idx);
REAPERAPI_DECL const char* (*GetOutputChannelName)(int idx);

I have no idea what they are for, but try and find out =)
Maybe we should vote for better Reaper API documentation from cockos team? Documenting API function at a time. When ever they have nothing to do or need a break from staring at the code they are working on (works for me doing something else for a while)

[vtsaran]

Thanks a lot for your response. I have seen these functions, however, the names do not necessarily suggest that I would be getting back device names.
I will try though.
WIll report here if I succeed!

[vtsaran]

[QUOTE=msiren;1421402]Found these:
REAPERAPI_DECL const char* (*GetInputChannelName)(int idx);
REAPERAPI_DECL const char* (*GetOutputChannelName)(int idx);

Thanks for pointing these functions out to me. From my first experiments, it seems like they should do the trick for what I need.

[vtsaran]

After a bit of fiddling around, it seems that GetOutputChannelName and GetInputChannelName functions do not completely satisfy my needs. They only seem to return channel names for the first device or for those channels preset by the user.