pamixer(1)                  General Commands Manual                 pamixer(1)



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 (C) 2011 - 2022 Clement Demoulins <clement@archivel.fr>.

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