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minh2134

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Registered: 2023-02-24

Posts: 2

Stuck writing a script to toggle the default sink with WirePlumber

As per the pipewire wiki page says, first I determine the node number of the 2 concerned sinks using wpctl status:

...
Audio
 ├─ Devices:
 │      48. Navi 10 HDMI Audio                  [alsa]
 │      62. JDS Labs Atom DAC+                  [alsa]
 │      64. Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller [alsa]
 │
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  *   32. JDS Labs Atom DAC+ Analog Stereo    [vol: 1.00]
 │      46. Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Digital Stereo (IEC958) [vol: 1.00]
 │      70. Navi 10 HDMI Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) [vol: 0.40]
...

I determined that node 32 and node 46 are 2 sinks that I want to switch on-the-fly
After that, this script is what i have so far:

pipewire-switch-default

#!/bin/sh
# Script to switch between speaker and headphones using wireplumber
# assumed IDs are 32 (for headphones) and 46 (for speakers)

TOGGLE=$HOME/.toggle

if [ ! -e $TOGGLE ]; then
	touch $TOGGLE
	wpctl set-default 32
else
	rm $TOGGLE
	wpctl set-default 46
fi

Now normally this would work as I tested it multiple times, but after a reboot, the nodes numbers randomized and mess up my script. Is there a way to set a default sink in WirePlumber using something more permanent across system reboots? I have an idea to write 2 Lua scripts that sets the nodes priority, but i am not sure how to make WirePlumber loads the correct one on-the-fly as I understand it, policies and configs are loaded at startup time.

harpia

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Registered: 2023-05-14

Posts: 3

Re: Stuck writing a script to toggle the default sink with WirePlumber

See this feature request for WirePlumber: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire … issues/395

For now, we can parse pw-dump (JSON) and find the IDs of sinks by searching their names.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,447

Re: Stuck writing a script to toggle the default sink with WirePlumber

Are you deathly averse to using pactl for this? It supports sink names, getting the default sink as a name and a bunch of other stuff that will have the same end goal.

harpia

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Registered: 2023-05-14

Posts: 3

Re: Stuck writing a script to toggle the default sink with WirePlumber

@minh2134 I'm using this script. It's not really toggling like yours, but achieves the same goal.

Get the sink names:

$ wpctl status --name
 ├─ Sinks:
 │      51. alsa_output.pci-0000_03_00.1.hdmi-stereo [vol: 0.35]
 │  *   52. alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo [vol: 0.70 MUTED]

wireplumber-set-sink.sh:

#!/bin/sh

speaker_id=$(pw-cli info alsa_output.pci-0000_03_00.1.hdmi-stereo | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
headset_id=$(pw-cli info alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')

if [ "$1" = 'speaker' ]; then
	wpctl set-default "$speaker_id"
elif [ "$1" = 'headset' ]; then
	wpctl set-default "$headset_id"
else
	echo 'Unrecognized device name' >&2
	exit 2
fi

Usage:

wireplumber-set-sink headset|speaker

@V1del I haven't tried pactl myself, but maybe I should — it doesn't look like WirePlumber intends to make its tool easier for us. But I mean, we're running PipeWire, not Pulseaudio; that doesn't sound right.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,447

Re: Stuck writing a script to toggle the default sink with WirePlumber

It is right because the entire volume/sink/sources logic is absolutely intended - and directly copied from - to be handled via existing pulseaudio means. 99% of the clients you're using talks to pipewire via pulseaudio anyway, it's crucial that pipewire/wireplumber support this properly, I'd not make this a hill to die on.

Last edited by V1del (2024-09-03 08:34:55)

Falstaff

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Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 83

Re: Stuck writing a script to toggle the default sink with WirePlumber

@minh2134 I'm using this script. It's not really toggling like yours, but achieves the same goal.

Get the sink names:

$ wpctl status --name
 ├─ Sinks:
 │      51. alsa_output.pci-0000_03_00.1.hdmi-stereo [vol: 0.35]
 │  *   52. alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo [vol: 0.70 MUTED]

wireplumber-set-sink.sh:

#!/bin/sh

speaker_id=$(pw-cli info alsa_output.pci-0000_03_00.1.hdmi-stereo | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
headset_id=$(pw-cli info alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')

if [ "$1" = 'speaker' ]; then
	wpctl set-default "$speaker_id"
elif [ "$1" = 'headset' ]; then
	wpctl set-default "$headset_id"
else
	echo 'Unrecognized device name' >&2
	exit 2
fi

Usage:

wireplumber-set-sink headset|speaker

@V1del I haven't tried pactl myself, but maybe I should — it doesn't look like WirePlumber intends to make its tool easier for us. But I mean, we're running PipeWire, not Pulseaudio; that doesn't sound right.

This was helpful. Thanks!