pamixer
A simple command-line mixer for PulseAudio. More information: https://github.com/cdemoulins/pamixer.
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List all sinks and sources with their corresponding IDs:
pamixer --list-sinks --list-sources
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Set the volume to 75% on the default sink:
pamixer --set-volume {{75}}
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Toggle mute on a sink other than the default:
pamixer --toggle-mute --sink {{ID}}
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Increase the volume on default sink by 5%:
pamixer --increase {{5}}
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Decrease the volume on a source by 5%:
pamixer --decrease {{5}} --source {{ID}}
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Use the allow boost option to increase, decrease, or set the volume above 100%:
pamixer --set-volume {{105}} --allow-boost
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Mute the default sink (use
--unmute
instead to unmute):
pamixer --mute
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