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The ``name`` is what is to be passed to the ``--audio-device`` option (and
often a rather cryptic audio API-specific ID), while ``description`` is
- human readable free form text. The description is an empty string if none
- was received.
+ human readable free form text. The description is set to the device name
+ (minus mpv-specific ``<driver>/`` prefix) if no description is available
+ or the description would have been an empty string.
The special entry with the name set to ``auto`` selects the default audio
output driver and the default device.