pamixer(1)

✨ pamixer(1) — General Commands Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to pamixer, the Pulseaudio command line mixer 💅 yes we're doing volume control in the terminal like the main characters we are

🎀 NAME 🎀

pamixer — Pulseaudio command line mixer

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pamixer [OPTIONS]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically, pamixer controls the volume levels of Pulseaudio sinks and sources. that's it. that's the whole vibe. you get to boss your audio around from the comfort of your terminal and honestly? iconic 👑

💖 OPTIONS 💖

okay here's the whole menu, no skips, no cuts, we eat every single one 🍓

• -h, --help — show the help message. a little "hi bestie here's what i do" moment ✨
• --sink INDEX — pick a different sink than the default one. not feeling the default? choose your own 💫
• --source INDEX — pick a different source than the default one.
• --default-source — select the default source. the one, the only, the main character 🌟
• --get-volume — get the current volume. tell me the numbers, i need the numbers 👀
• --get-volume-human — get the current volume percentage, OR the string "muted". so it's giving either a number or it's giving silence 💀
• --set-volume PERCENTAGE — set the volume. just straight up assign it, periodt.
• -i, --increase PERCENTAGE — increase the volume. turn it up, bestie 🔥
• -d, --decrease PERCENTAGE — decrease the volume. shhh, we're being gentle now 🙈
• -t, --toggle-mute — switch between mute and unmute. the flippiest flipper 💅
• -m, --mute — set mute. silence. the quiet treatment, but on purpose.
• --allow-boost — allow volume to go above 100%. yes you can go past the limit, we're not the volume police 🚨
• --gamma AMOUNT — increase/decrease using gamma correction, e.g. 2.2. fancy math volume, lowkey obsessed 🧚
• -u, --unmute — unset mute. sound is back, we're so back 🌈
• --get-mute — display true if the volume is mute, false otherwise. a simple yes-or-no queen ⭐
• --list-sinks — list the sinks.
• --list-sources — list the sources.

ngl the sink/source listing ones are underrated. go look at what you actually have, iykyk 👑

🌟 EXAMPLES 🌟

here's how the girlies actually use it:

pamixer -d 5

will decrease the volume by 5% on the default sink. casual, effortless, slay.

pamixer --source 2 -m

will mute source 2. just like that. muted. gone. bye 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• amixer(1)
• alsamixer(1)

go say hi to the cousins, they're also doing audio things 🎵

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

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

and that's the whole page bestie!! 💖 this was pamixer(1) from the General Commands Manual, serving you the Pulseaudio command line mixer realness since 2011 all the way to 2022, courtesy of Clément Démoulins. now go forth and adjust your volume, you absolute legend 🌸🦋✨