pulseaudio-ctl

[kexolino]

I was looking for a simple cli way to control pulse, and this is exactly it.

Source: https://github.com/graysky2/pulseaudio-ctl

From the github page:

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/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl mute        ==>  Toggle status of mute
/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl mute-input  ==>  Toggle status of mute for mic
/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl up          ==>  Increase vol by 5 %
/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl down        ==>  Decrease vol by 5 %
/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl set 40      ==>  Set vol to 40%
/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl atmost 30   ==>  Set vol to 30% if current higher than that

Simply entering pulsaudio-ctl will show this info:

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pulseaudio-ctl v1.45

 /usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl {up,down,mute,mute-input,set,atmost} [n]

 Where up and down adjust volume in ±5 % increments.
 Where mute toggles the mute status on/off.
 Where mute-input toggles the input status on/off.
 Where set takes a % value.
 Where atmost only takes effect if current volume is higher than this.

 Optionally, redefine an upper threshold in /home/noel/.config/pulseaudio-ctl/config

 Volume level     : 88 %
 Is sink muted    : no
 Is source muted  : no
 Detected sink    : 0
 Detected source  : 1
 Pulse version    : 5.0

So with this, you can control pulse with hotkeys and show volume in a statusbar pretty easily. Nice for those of us who are stuck with it because of Skype and other crap. :)

[Dr_Chroot]

Thanks kex! I haven't had to use pulse for a while, but always had that dread that one day I will have to. A cli would prove to be very helpful, I'm sure.

[machinebacon]

I'm so old-fashioned that I control pulseaudio with amixer :D

Thanks for the post!