sendspin daemon --audio-device "my_alsa_device" should not try reaching a pulseaudio server

[davidandreoletti]

Env:

• Kernel/Arch: 6.18.38-current-sunxi / armv7l
• OS: Ubuntu 26.04
• sendpin-cli 7.5.0
• No Pulseaudio software installed or running.

Steps

$ /root/.local/bin/sendspin daemon --log-level DEBUG --name "P0" --audio-device "plughw:CARD=Lite,DEV=0" --hardware-volume true

Note: plughw:CARD=Lite,DEV=0 is a ALSA device.

Logs

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/.local/bin/sendspin", line 6, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ~~~~^^
  File "/root/.local/share/pipx/venvs/sendspin/lib/python3.14/site-packages/sendspin/cli.py", line 782, in main
    return asyncio.run(_run_client_mode(args))
           ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/asyncio/runners.py", line 204, in run
    return runner.run(main)
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/asyncio/runners.py", line 127, in run
    return self._loop.run_until_complete(task)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/asyncio/base_events.py", line 719, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/root/.local/share/pipx/venvs/sendspin/lib/python3.14/site-packages/sendspin/cli.py", line 798, in _run_client_mode
    from sendspin.audio_devices import resolve_audio_device
  File "/root/.local/share/pipx/venvs/sendspin/lib/python3.14/site-packages/sendspin/audio_devices.py", line 10, in <module>
    import sounddevice
  File "/root/.local/share/pipx/venvs/sendspin/lib/python3.14/site-packages/sounddevice.py", line 2972, in <module>
    _initialize()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/root/.local/share/pipx/venvs/sendspin/lib/python3.14/site-packages/sounddevice.py", line 2936, in _initialize
    _check(_lib.Pa_Initialize(), 'Error initializing PortAudio')
    ~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/share/pipx/venvs/sendspin/lib/python3.14/site-packages/sounddevice.py", line 2836, in _check
    raise PortAudioError(errormsg, err, hosterror_info)
sounddevice.PortAudioError: Error initializing PortAudio: Unanticipated host error [PaErrorCode -9999]: 'PulseAudio_Initialize: Can't connect to server' [<error getting host API: -10000> error -1]
```