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This file is part of PulseAudio.
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PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
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published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
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License, or (at your option) any later version.
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PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
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Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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License along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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<manpage name="pactl" section="1" desc="Control a running PulseAudio sound server">
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<synopsis>
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<cmd>pactl [<arg>options</arg>] <arg>COMMAND</arg> [<arg>ARGS ...</arg>]</cmd>
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<cmd>pactl <opt>--help</opt></cmd>
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<cmd>pactl <opt>--version</opt></cmd>
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</synopsis>
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<description>
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<p><file>pactl</file> can be used to issue control commands to the PulseAudio sound server.</p>
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<p><file>pactl</file> only exposes a subset of the available operations. For the full set use the <manref name="pacmd" section="1"/>.</p>
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</description>
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<options>
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<option>
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<p><opt>-h | --help</opt></p>
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<optdesc><p>Show help.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>--version</opt></p>
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<optdesc><p>Show version information.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>-s | --server</opt><arg>=SERVER</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Choose the server to connect to.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>-n | --client-name</opt><arg>=NAME</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Specify the client name <file>pactl</file> shall pass to the server when connecting.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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</options>
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<section name="Commands">
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<p>
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When supplied as arguments to the commands below, the special names \@DEFAULT_SINK@, \@DEFAULT_SOURCE@ and \@DEFAULT_MONITOR@
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can be used to specify the default sink, source and monitor respectively.
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</p>
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<option>
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<p><opt>stat</opt></p>
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<optdesc><p>Dump a few statistics about the memory usage of the PulseAudio daemon.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>info</opt></p>
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<optdesc><p>Dump some info about the PulseAudio daemon.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>list</opt> [<arg>short</arg>] [<arg>TYPE</arg>]</p>
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<optdesc><p>Dump all currently loaded modules, available sinks, sources, streams, etc. <arg>TYPE</arg> must be one of:
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modules, sinks, sources, sink-inputs, source-outputs, clients, samples, cards, message-handlers. If not specified, all info is listed
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with the exception of the message-handlers. If short is given, output is in a tabular format, for easy parsing by scripts.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>exit</opt></p>
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<optdesc><p>Asks the PulseAudio server to terminate.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>upload-sample</opt> <arg>FILENAME</arg> [<arg>NAME</arg>]</p>
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<optdesc><p>Upload a sound from the specified audio file into
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the sample cache. The file types supported are those understood
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by <file>libsndfile</file>. The sample in the cache is named
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after the audio file, unless the name is explicitly
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specified.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>play-sample</opt> <arg>NAME</arg> [<arg>SINK</arg>]</p>
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<optdesc><p>Play the specified sample from the sample cache. It
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is played on the default sink, unless the symbolic name or the
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numerical index of the sink to play it on is
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specified.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>remove-sample</opt> <arg>NAME</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Remove the specified sample from the sample cache.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>load-module</opt> <arg>NAME</arg> [<arg>ARGUMENTS ...</arg>]</p>
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<optdesc><p>Load the specified module with the specified arguments into the running sound server.
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Prints the numeric index of the module just loaded to STDOUT. You can use it to unload the module later.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>unload-module</opt> <arg>ID|NAME</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Unload the module instance identified by the specified numeric index or unload all modules by the specified name.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>move-sink-input</opt> <arg>ID</arg> <arg>SINK</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Move the specified playback stream (identified by its numerical index) to the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>move-source-output</opt> <arg>ID</arg> <arg>SOURCE</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Move the specified recording stream (identified by its numerical index) to the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>suspend-sink</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>true|false</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Suspend or resume the specified sink (which may be
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specified either by its symbolic name or numerical index), depending whether true
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(suspend) or false (resume) is passed as last argument. Suspending
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a sink will pause all playback. Depending on the module implementing
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the sink this might have the effect that the underlying device is
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closed, making it available for other applications to use. The exact
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behaviour depends on the module.
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</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>suspend-source</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>true|false</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Suspend or resume the specified source (which may be
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specified either by its symbolic name or numerical index), depending whether true
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(suspend) or false (resume) is passed as last argument. Suspending
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a source will pause all capturing. Depending on the module implementing
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the source this might have the effect that the underlying device is
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closed, making it available for other applications to use. The exact
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behaviour depends on the module.
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</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-card-profile</opt> <arg>CARD</arg> <arg>PROFILE</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the specified card (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index) to the specified profile (identified by its symbolic name).</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-default-sink</opt> <arg>SINK</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Make the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index) the default sink.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-sink-port</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>PORT</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index) to the specified port (identified by its symbolic name).</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-default-source</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Make the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index) the default source.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-source-port</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>PORT</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index) to the specified port (identified by its symbolic name).</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-port-latency-offset</opt> <arg>CARD</arg> <arg>PORT</arg> <arg>OFFSET</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set a latency offset to a specified port (identified by its symbolic name) that belongs to a card (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).
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<arg>OFFSET</arg> is a number which represents the latency offset in microseconds</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-sink-volume</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).
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<arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
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(e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
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adjustment will be relative to the current sink volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
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volume values are given their number has to match the sink's number of channels.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-source-volume</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).
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<arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
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(e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
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adjustment will be relative to the current source volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
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volume values are given their number has to match the source's number of channels.</p></optdesc> </option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-sink-input-volume</opt> <arg>INPUT</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified sink input (identified by its numerical index).
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<arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
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(e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
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adjustment will be relative to the current sink input volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
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volume values are given their number has to match the sink input's number of channels.</p></optdesc> </option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-source-output-volume</opt> <arg>OUTPUT</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified source output (identified by its numerical index).
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<arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
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(e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
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adjustment will be relative to the current source output volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
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volume values are given their number has to match the source output's number of channels.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-sink-mute</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-source-mute</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-sink-input-mute</opt> <arg>INPUT</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified sink input (identified by its numerical index).</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-source-output-mute</opt> <arg>OUTPUT</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified source output (identified by its numerical index).</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>set-sink-formats</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>FORMATS</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Set the supported formats of the specified sink (identified
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by its numerical index) if supported by the sink. <arg>FORMATS</arg> is
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specified as a semi-colon (;) separated list of formats in the form
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'encoding[, key1=value1, key2=value2, ...]' (for example, AC3 at 32000,
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44100 and 48000 Hz would be specified as
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'ac3-iec61937, format.rate = "[ 32000, 44100, 48000 ]"'). See
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https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/SupportedAudioFormats/
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for possible encodings. </p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>send-message</opt> <arg>RECIPIENT</arg> <arg>MESSAGE</arg> <arg>MESSAGE_PARAMETERS</arg></p>
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<optdesc><p>Send a message to the specified recipient object. If applicable an additional string containing
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message parameters can be specified. A string is returned as a response to the message. For available messages
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see https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/tree/doc/messaging_api.txt.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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<option>
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<p><opt>subscribe</opt></p>
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<optdesc><p>Subscribe to events, pactl does not exit by itself, but keeps waiting for new events.</p></optdesc>
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</option>
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</section>
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<section name="Authors">
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<p>The PulseAudio Developers <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>; PulseAudio is available from <url href="@PACKAGE_URL@"/></p>
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</section>
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<seealso>
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<p>
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<manref name="pulseaudio" section="1"/>,
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<manref name="pacmd" section="1"/>
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</p>
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</seealso>
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</manpage>
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