pactl(1) General Commands Manual pactl(1) (NAME) pactl - PulseAudio (SYNOPSIS) pactl [options] COMMAND [ARGS ...] pactl --help pactl --version (DESCRIPTION) pactl PulseAudio . pactl . pacmd(1) . (OPTIONS) -h | --help . --version . -s | --server=SERVER . -f | --format=FORMAT "text" "json" . -n | --client-name=NAME pactl . (COMMANDS) @DEFAULT_SINK@ @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ @DEFAULT_MONITOR@ sink source monitor . stat PulseAudio. info PulseAudio. list [short] [TYPE] sink source . TYPE : modules sinks sources sink-inputs source-outputs clients samples cards message- handlers. message-handlers . short . exit PulseAudio . upload-sample FILENAME [NAME] (sample cache). libsndfile . . play-sample NAME [SINK] . sink sink . remove-sample NAME . load-module NAME [ARGUMENTS ...] . STDOUT . . unload-module ID|NAME . move-sink-input ID SINK ( ) sink ( ). move-source-output ID SOURCE ( ) source ( ). suspend-sink SINK true|false sink ( ) true () false () . sink . sink . . suspend-source SOURCE true|false source ( ) true () false () . source . source . . set-card-profile CARD PROFILE ( ) ( ). get-default-sink sink . set-default-sink SINK sink ( ) sink . @NONE@ sink . pulseaudio sink sink . set-sink-port SINK PORT sink ( ) ( ). get-default-source source . set-default-source SOURCE source ( ) source . @NONE@ source . pulseaudio source source . set-source-port SOURCE PORT source ( ) ( ). set-port-latency-offset CARD PORT OFFSET ( ) ( ). OFFSET . get-sink-volume SINK sink ( ) `info` . set-sink-volume SINK VOLUME [VOLUME ...] sink ( ). VOLUME ( 2000 16384) ( 0.4 1.100) ( 10% 100%) ( 0dB 20dB) . + - sink . sink . get-source-volume SOURCE source ( ) `info` . set-source-volume SOURCE VOLUME [VOLUME ...] source ( ). VOLUME ( 2000 16384) ( 0.4 1.100) ( 10% 100%) ( 0dB 20dB) . + - source . source . set-sink-input-volume INPUT VOLUME [VOLUME ...] sink ( ). VOLUME ( 2000 16384) ( 0.4 1.100) ( 10% 100%) ( 0dB 20dB) . + - sink . sink . set-source-output-volume OUTPUT VOLUME [VOLUME ...] source ( ). VOLUME ( 2000 16384) ( 0.4 1.100) ( 10% 100%) ( 0dB 20dB) . + - source . source . get-sink-mute SINK sink ( ). set-sink-mute SINK 1|0|toggle sink ( ). get-source-mute SOURCE source ( ). set-source-mute SOURCE 1|0|toggle source ( ). set-sink-input-mute INPUT 1|0|toggle sink ( ). set-source-output-mute OUTPUT 1|0|toggle source ( ). set-sink-formats SINK FORMATS sink ( ) sink. FORMATS - (;) 'encoding[, key1=value1, key2=value2, ...]' ( AC3 32000 44100 48000 'ac3-iec61937, format.rate = "[ 32000, 44100, 48000 ]"' ). https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/SupportedAudioFormats . send-message RECIPIENT MESSAGE MESSAGE_PARAMETERS . . . https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/tree/doc/messaging_api.txt . subscribe pactl . (AUTHORS) PulseAudio PulseAudio http://pulseaudio.org . (SEE ALSO) pulseaudio(1) pacmd(1) Manuals User pactl(1)