pulseaudio how to mute one port from command line

bilabila · 2021-03-19 04:11:28

Gui front-end like pavucontrol and Ncurses front-end PAmix support muting one port of output. However, I can't find any commandline method to achieve this. I need this to manually toggle my speaker port.

ponyrider · 2021-03-19 04:41:01

find your device

pactl list short

my line out is "1"

to mute

pactl set-sink-mute 1 1

to unmute

pactl set-sink-mute 1 0

bilabila · 2021-03-19 04:59:22

ponyrider wrote:

find your device
pactl list short 
my line out is "1"
to mute
pactl set-sink-mute 1 1
to unmute
pactl set-sink-mute 1 0

set-sink-mute can mute one sink, but not one port. My sink has two ports: headphone and speaker

V1del · 2021-03-19 07:58:51

A port defines a different sink, so that is the correct answer. Of course granted you've moved the active port relevantly with a

pactl set-sink-port $portnameaslistedin pactl list sinks

Mrhawkbox · 2021-03-19 15:22:28

Not sure what you are trying to do but alsamixer is great cli as well. Just type alsamixer f6 for an other audio device.

Mrhawkbox · 2021-03-19 15:25:10

bilabila wrote:

ponyrider wrote:
find your device
pactl list short 
my line out is "1"
to mute
pactl set-sink-mute 1 1
to unmute
pactl set-sink-mute 1 0
set-sink-mute can mute one sink, but not one port. My sink has two ports: headphone and speaker

Ahh your headphones and speakers at the same time. Alsamixer will work you can mute headphones or speakers or both of you want.

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pulseaudio how to mute one port from command line

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