TINYMIX(1)
π TINYMIX(1) β the TinyALSA mixer glow-up ποΈβ¨
okay so bestie, welcome to tinymix, straight out of TinyALSA β she's the little tool that lets you view and edit mixer controls for a mixer you pick. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
tinymix β view and edit mixer controls for a specified mixer. literally her whole job, no cap π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
tinymix [ options ] command
π¦ Description π¦
so tinymix can be used to view and/or edit a list of mixer controls for a specified mixer. that's it, that's the girl. you point her at a mixer, she shows you the controls, you poke at the values. iconic behavior tbh π
π OPTIONS π
-D,--cardcard β the card number of the mixer. the default is0. like, she's gonna assume card 0 unless you tell her otherwise π-h,--helpβ prints the help contents and exits. your little "help me help you" moment π-v,--versionβ prints the current version oftinymixand exits. she's telling you her star sign, basically β
π₯ COMMANDS π₯
get <control-id|control-name>β prints the value of a specified control πset <control-id|control-name> <control-value>β sets the value of a specified control. now we're doing stuff πcontentsβ prints the contents of all mixer controls. the full photo dump πΈcontrolsβ prints the names and IDs of all mixer controls. the roster, the lineup, the guest list ποΈ
π EXAMPLES π
tinymix controls prints a list of control IDs for the mixer of card 0.
tinymix controls
tinymix -D 1 controls prints a list of control IDs for the mixer of card 1.
tinymix -D 1 controls
tinymix get 0 prints information about control 0.
tinymix get 0
tinymix get "Headphone Playback Volume" prints information about a control called "Headphone Playback Volume".
tinymix get "Headphone Playback Volume"
tinymix set 0 4 sets control 0 to the value of 4.
tinymix set 0 4
tinymix --card 1 set 2 32 sets control 2 of card 1 to the value of 32.
tinymix --card 1 set 2 32
π BUGS π
found a bug? not the vibe, but like, please report bugs to https://github.com/tinyalsa/tinyalsa/issues so the maintainers can handle it π«Ά
bestie please actually report it instead of just yelling in the group chat, i'm begging π
π SEE ALSO π
tinycap(1), tinyplay(1), tinypcminfo(1) β the rest of the friend group, go say hi π
π AUTHORS π
Simon Wilson
for a complete list of authors, visit the project page at https://github.com/tinyalsa/tinyalsa. the whole squad's credited there π§
and that's the tea, bestie β β this page is from tinymix, part of TinyALSA, dated October 2, 2016. go forth and set some controls, slay πβ¨
π¦ where this page comes from
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