Index: pulseaudio-0.9.15/src/pulsecore/namereg.c
===================================================================
--- pulseaudio-0.9.15.orig/src/pulsecore/namereg.c
+++ pulseaudio-0.9.15/src/pulsecore/namereg.c
@@ -244,14 +244,35 @@ pa_source* pa_namereg_set_default_source
 
 pa_sink *pa_namereg_get_default_sink(pa_core *c) {
     pa_sink *s;
+    pa_sink *best_sink;
+    uint32_t idx;
 
     pa_assert(c);
 
+    pa_log_info ("Enter - pa_namereg_get_default_sink");
     if (c->default_sink)
         return c->default_sink;
 
-    if ((s = pa_idxset_first(c->sinks, NULL)))
+    pa_log_info ("trying to chose best default sink");
+    s = NULL;
+    for (best_sink = pa_idxset_first(c->sinks, &idx); best_sink; best_sink = pa_idxset_next(c->sinks, &idx)) {
+        char * proplist = pa_proplist_to_string(best_sink->proplist);
+        pa_log_info ("%s", proplist);
+        if (!strstr(proplist, "HDMI") && !strstr(proplist, "SPDIF") && !strstr(proplist, "Digital")) {
+            pa_log_info ("found non HDMI and non SPDIF and non Digital");
+            s = best_sink;
+            pa_xfree(proplist);
+            break;
+        }
+        pa_xfree(proplist);
+    }
+    if (s)
         return pa_namereg_set_default_sink(c, s);
+    else
+    {
+        if ((s = pa_idxset_first(c->sinks, NULL)))
+            return pa_namereg_set_default_sink(c, s);
+    }
 
     return NULL;
 }