pulseaudio-ctl - Control pulseaudio's basic functions such as the master volume level and mute status from a mapped key.

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION CONFIG OPTIONS EXAMPLES CONTRIBUTE BUGS AUTHOR

NAME

pulseaudio-ctl - Control pulseaudio’s basic functions such as the master volume level and mute status from a mapped key.

SYNOPSIS

pulseaudio-ctl [option1] [option2]

Recommended usage of pulseaudio-ctl is to map a call to the script (see below) to a single keypress for easy access to change mute status or quickly adjust master volume levels. Many keyboards have keys specific to these particular actions and many if not all DE or WMs offer the ability to natively map a script call to a keypress or combo of key presses. For example, xfce4 allows for this under Settings > Keyboard > Application Shortcuts.

CONFIG

Persistent options are stored in $HOME/.config/pulseaudio-ctl/config
which is sufficiently commented for users to understand.

Inspect this file and uncomment those that suit your needs.

OPTIONS

	up		Adjust master volume up by 5 % (default) or up by another value defined as the 2nd token
	down		Adjust master volume down by 5 % (default) or down by another value defined as the 2nd token
	mute		Set the mute status of the master volume to the value defined in the 2nd token. Toggle by default.

mute-input

Set the mute status of the input device (microphone for example) to the value defined in the 2nd token. Toggle by default.

	set		Set the master volume level to the number specified as the 2nd token
	atmost		Like the ’set’ option only takes effect if the current volume is higher than the 2nd token

current

Print the current volume level to STDOUT

full-status

Print the current volume level, the sink mute state and the source mute state to STDOUT

EXAMPLES

Increase vol level by 5 %

/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl up

Increase vol level by 25 %

/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl up 25

Toogle mute current output

/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl mute

Unmute current output

/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl mute no

Set current vol level to 85 %

/usr/bin/pulseaudio-ctl set 85