METERBRIDGE(1)

💖 METERBRIDGE(1) — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, so this is meterbridge, from the General Commands Manual section. She's a real one. Let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

meterbridge — meterbridge for Jack Audio Connection Kit 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

meterbridge [options] portname [portname] ...

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so real talk: this manual page is a brief lil rundown of the meterbridge program. That's it. That's the vibe.

Also, full transparency: this page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program straight up does not have a manual page. So we're all just doing our best out here 🙈

So what does meterbridge actually do, you ask? She shows you the signal values of the audio signals flowing through JACK ports. And the way she can display them? iconic. Options include the classical VU meter, plus the PPM meter, the Digital Peak meter, and others. Peep the OPTIONS section below for the full tea. 💅

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

here's a lil summary of the options, bestie. collect them all ✨

• -r rev-level — use rev-level as the reference level for 0db on the meter. (yes, the original says "reverence level" — we respect the typo, it's iconic, and we're keeping it real.) 🙏
• -c columns — the number of columns used for displaying several meters. got a lot of meters? you need a lot of columns. periodt. 📊
• -n jackname — use jackname as the identifier with the JACK system. name her. she deserves it 🎀
• -t type — pick one of these meter types, no cap:
  • 'vu' — classic moving needle VU meter 💖
  • 'ppm' — PPM meter 🔥
  • 'dpm' — Digital peak meter ✨
  • 'jf' — 'Jellyfish' phase meter 🪼 (jellyfish!! obsessed)
  • 'sco' — Oscilloscope meter 🌈

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🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

okay this is the fun part. copy paste and slay 💅

test with:

meterbridge -t vu alsa_pcm:capture_1 alsa_pcm:capture_2

if you wanna see what your JACK system is outputting you can use:

meterbridge -t ppm alsa_pcm:playback_1 alsa_pcm:playback_2

if you wanna start a bridge with unconnected 4 meters:

meterbridge -t ppm x x x x

(or any other invalid port names — yes, for real, that's the move, that's literally the trick, iykyk 🫶)

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• jackd(1).

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🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

this manual page was written by Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). shoutout to him, fr fr 🫡

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you're officially certified 💅✨ this was the April 11, 2012 edition — yeah she's an elder but she still ate 💖 go meter some bridges, main character 🎀👑