NAME

pamixer - Pulseaudio command line mixer

SYNOPSIS

pamixer [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

pamixer controls the volume levels of Pulseaudio sinks and sources.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Show help message.

--sink INDEX

Choose a different sink than the default.

--source INDEX

Choose a different source than the default.

--default-source

Select the default source.

--get-volume

Get the current volume.

--get-volume-human

Get the current volume percentage or the string "muted".

--set-volume PERCENTAGE

Set the volume.

-i, --increase PERCENTAGE

Increase the volume.

-d, --decrease PERCENTAGE

Decrease the volume.

-t, --toggle-mute

Switch between mute and unmute.

-m, --mute

Set mute.

--allow-boost

Allow volume to go above 100%.

--gamma AMOUNT

Increase/decrease using gamma correction e.g. 2.2.

-u, --unmute

Unset mute.

--get-mute

Display true if the volume is mute, false otherwise.

--list-sinks

List the sinks.

--list-sources

List the sources.

EXAMPLES

pamixer -d 5

Will decrease the volume by 5% on the default sink.

pamixer --source 2 -m

Will mute source 2.

SEE ALSO

amixer(1), alsamixer(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2011 - 2022 Clément Démoulins <clement@archivel.fr>.