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pamixer — A simple command-line mixer for PulseAudio. More information: <https://github.com/cdemoulins/pamixer

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Problem

How to use the pamixer command: A simple command-line mixer for PulseAudio. More information: <https://github.com/cdemoulins/pamixer#installation>.

Solution

pamixer — A simple command-line mixer for PulseAudio. More information: <https://github.com/cdemoulins/pamixer#installation>.

List all sinks and sources with their corresponding IDs:

pamixer --list-sinks --list-sources

Set the volume to 75% on the default sink:

pamixer --set-volume {{75}}

Toggle mute on a sink other than the default:

pamixer --toggle-mute --sink {{ID}}

Increase the volume on default sink by 5%:

pamixer {{[-i|--increase]}} {{5}}

Decrease the volume on a source by 5%:

pamixer {{[-d|--decrease]}} {{5}} --source {{ID}}

Use the allow boost option to increase, decrease, or set the volume above 100%:

pamixer --set-volume {{105}} --allow-boost

Mute the default sink (use --unmute instead to unmute):

pamixer {{[-m|--mute]}}

Code Snippets

List all sinks and sources with their corresponding IDs

pamixer --list-sinks --list-sources

Set the volume to 75% on the default sink

pamixer --set-volume {{75}}

Toggle mute on a sink other than the default

pamixer --toggle-mute --sink {{ID}}

Increase the volume on default sink by 5%

pamixer {{[-i|--increase]}} {{5}}

Decrease the volume on a source by 5%

pamixer {{[-d|--decrease]}} {{5}} --source {{ID}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pamixer

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