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| <manpage name="pactl" section="1" desc="Control a running PulseAudio sound server"> |
| |
| <synopsis> |
| <cmd>pactl [<arg>options</arg>] <arg>COMMAND</arg> [<arg>ARGS ...</arg>]</cmd> |
| <cmd>pactl <opt>--help</opt></cmd> |
| <cmd>pactl <opt>--version</opt></cmd> |
| </synopsis> |
| |
| <description> |
| <p><file>pactl</file> can be used to issue control commands to the PulseAudio sound server.</p> |
| |
| <p><file>pactl</file> only exposes a subset of the available operations. For the full set use the <manref name="pacmd" section="1"/>.</p> |
| </description> |
| |
| <options> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>-h | --help</opt></p> |
| |
| <optdesc><p>Show help.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>--version</opt></p> |
| |
| <optdesc><p>Show version information.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>-s | --server</opt><arg>=SERVER</arg></p> |
| |
| <optdesc><p>Choose the server to connect to.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>-n | --client-name</opt><arg>=NAME</arg></p> |
| |
| <optdesc><p>Specify the client name <file>pactl</file> shall pass to the server when connecting.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| </options> |
| |
| <section name="Commands"> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>stat</opt></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Dump a few statistics about the memory usage of the PulseAudio daemon.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>info</opt></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Dump some info about the PulseAudio daemon.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>list</opt> [<arg>short</arg>] [<arg>TYPE</arg>]</p> |
| <optdesc><p>Dump all currently loaded modules, available sinks, sources, streams, etc. <arg>TYPE</arg> must be one of: |
| modules, sinks, sources, sink-inputs, source-outputs, clients, samples, cards. If not specified, all info is listed. If |
| short is given, output is in a tabular format, for easy parsing by scripts.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>exit</opt></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Asks the PulseAudio server to terminate.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>upload-sample</opt> <arg>FILENAME</arg> [<arg>NAME</arg>]</p> |
| <optdesc><p>Upload a sound from the specified audio file into |
| the sample cache. The file types supported are those understood |
| by <file>libsndfile</file>. The sample in the cache is named |
| after the audio file, unless the name is explicitly |
| specified.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>play-sample</opt> <arg>NAME</arg> [<arg>SINK</arg>]</p> |
| <optdesc><p>Play the specified sample from the sample cache. It |
| is played on the default sink, unless the symbolic name or the |
| numerical index of the sink to play it on is |
| specified.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>remove-sample</opt> <arg>NAME</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Remove the specified sample from the sample cache.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>load-module</opt> <arg>NAME</arg> [<arg>ARGUMENTS ...</arg>]</p> |
| <optdesc><p>Load the specified module with the specified arguments into the running sound server. |
| Prints the numeric index of the module just loaded to STDOUT. You can use it to unload the module later.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>unload-module</opt> <arg>ID|NAME</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Unload the module instance identified by the specified numeric index or unload all modules by the specified name.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>move-sink-input</opt> <arg>ID</arg> <arg>SINK</arg></p> |
| <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> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>move-source-output</opt> <arg>ID</arg> <arg>SOURCE</arg></p> |
| <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> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>suspend-sink</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>true|false</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Suspend or resume the specified sink (which may be |
| specified either by its name or index), depending whether true |
| (suspend) or false (resume) is passed as last argument. Suspending |
| a sink will pause all playback. Depending on the module implementing |
| the sink this might have the effect that the underlying device is |
| closed, making it available for other applications to use. The exact |
| behaviour depends on the module. |
| </p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>suspend-source</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>true|false</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Suspend or resume the specified source (which may be |
| specified either by its name or index), depending whether true |
| (suspend) or false (resume) is passed as last argument. Suspending |
| a source will pause all capturing. Depending on the module implementing |
| the source this might have the effect that the underlying device is |
| closed, making it available for other applications to use. The exact |
| behaviour depends on the module. |
| </p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-card-profile</opt> <arg>CARD</arg> <arg>PROFILE</arg></p> |
| <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> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-default-sink</opt> <arg>SINK</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Make the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name) the default sink.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-sink-port</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>PORT</arg></p> |
| <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> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-default-source</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Make the specified source (identified by its symbolic name) the default source.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-source-port</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>PORT</arg></p> |
| <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> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-port-latency-offset</opt> <arg>CARD</arg> <arg>PORT</arg> <arg>OFFSET</arg></p> |
| <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). |
| <arg>OFFSET</arg> is a number which represents the latency offset in microseconds</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-sink-volume</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index). |
| <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage |
| (e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume |
| adjustment will be relative to the current sink volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple |
| volume values are given their number has to match the sink's number of channels.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-source-volume</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index). |
| <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage |
| (e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume |
| adjustment will be relative to the current source volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple |
| volume values are given their number has to match the source's number of channels.</p></optdesc> </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-sink-input-volume</opt> <arg>INPUT</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified sink input (identified by its numerical index). |
| <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage |
| (e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume |
| adjustment will be relative to the current sink input volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple |
| volume values are given their number has to match the sink input's number of channels.</p></optdesc> </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-source-output-volume</opt> <arg>OUTPUT</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified source output (identified by its numerical index). |
| <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage |
| (e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume |
| adjustment will be relative to the current source output volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple |
| volume values are given their number has to match the source output's number of channels.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-sink-mute</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-source-mute</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-sink-input-mute</opt> <arg>INPUT</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified sink input (identified by its numerical index).</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-source-output-mute</opt> <arg>OUTPUT</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified source output (identified by its numerical index).</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>set-sink-formats</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>FORMATS</arg></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Set the supported formats of the specified sink (identified by its numerical index) if supported by the sink. |
| <arg>FORMATS</arg> is specified as a semi-colon (;) separated list of formats in the form |
| 'encoding[, key1=value1, key2=value2, ...]' (for example, AC3 at 32000, 44100 and 48000 Hz would be specified as |
| 'ac3-iec61937, format.rate = "[ 32000, 44100, 48000 ]"'). |
| </p></optdesc> </option> |
| |
| <option> |
| <p><opt>subscribe</opt></p> |
| <optdesc><p>Subscribe to events, pactl does not exit by itself, but keeps waiting for new events.</p></optdesc> |
| </option> |
| |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Authors"> |
| <p>The PulseAudio Developers <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>; PulseAudio is available from <url href="@PACKAGE_URL@"/></p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <seealso> |
| <p> |
| <manref name="pulseaudio" section="1"/>, |
| <manref name="pacmd" section="1"/> |
| </p> |
| </seealso> |
| |
| </manpage> |
