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PulseAudio is a sound system for Linux and other UNIX systems.

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Change PulseAudio Input/Output from Shell?

I have a set of nice wireless headphones which I use from time to time, in addition to my speakers and normal microphone. I'd like to write a script to switch between one input and output source and another, essentially a switch between my…
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Read out pulseaudio volume from commandline? (I want: "pactl GET-sink-volume")

I want to read out the volume level I can set with pactl set-sink-volume $SINK $VOLUME Is there an easy way to do that? As easy as the hypothetical pactl get-sink-volume $SINK ? (What I'm trying to do? I use pactl to set volume and it lets me set…
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How can I switch between different audio output hardware using the shell?

I use my laptop with an external monitor which has speakers. When the monitor is attached through HDMI I can switch (using the GUI: Sound Setting --> Hardware) between the normal laptop audio output and the monitor output. I repeat this procedure a…
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Use high-quality codec and microphone simultaneously with Bluetooth headset

I have various Bluetooth headsets, and when I use these with Android and ChromeOS, I get decent bidirectional audio quality for calls and video chats. Unfortunately, when I use them on my arch Linux laptop (with PulseAudio 13.99.2+13+g7f4d7fcf5-1,…
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Auto-switching PulseAudio profiles based on input(s) channel count

I'm running audio over HDMI to my receiver, which has a full 7.1 setup connected to it. However, most of the stuff that I listen to has far fewer channels—some is mono, most is stereo, a bit is 5.1. When the receiver is fed with the right number of…
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Jack vs Pulseaudio -- how is it faster?

I see a bunch of claims that Jack is faster than Pulse and has less latency. How is that so? Why does Pulse call itself lightweight, and the Jack guys call it fat? Could anyone break down the internals of these two daemons to a layman?
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finding systemd unit 'owning' a running daemon process

To debug a JACK/Pulseaudio issue, I want to understand when and why the pulseaudio daemon is started by systemd (on Fedora). Using: $ ps -o'pid,ppid,args' `pgrep pulse` I see that the pulseaudio daemon is being started by systemd (pid=1) PID PPID…
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Set default profile for PulseAudio

How do I set the default profile that is used after each boot, in PulseAudio? When I boot, sound doesn't work. If I open the PulseAudio Volume Control app, and go to the Configuration pane and select "Analog Surround 4.0 Output" from the Profile…
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Pipe/Mix Line In to Output in PulseAudio

I work on two computers with one USB headset. I want to listen to both by piping the non-Linux computers' output into the Linux computer's line in (blue audio jack) and mixing the signal into the Linux computer's headset output using…
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What do the sink and source keywords mean in pulseaudio?

I am reading about pulseaudio, how it works and how I can configure it. I am encountering two keywords a lot: SINK, SOURCE. At first I thought SINK meant OUTPUT and SOURCE meant INPUT, but it seems that this is not the case. Could someone explain…
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How can I create a virtual output in PulseAudio?

I need to create a virtual output in PulseAudio so as to be able to capture and stream audio from a specific source. I know that it's possible to re-route a specific application's output to a given output device like so, using pavucontrol: I'm…
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How does PulseAudio start?

PulseAudio is always running on my system, and it always instantly restarts if it crashes or I kill it. However, I never actually start PulseAudio. I have checked /etc/init.d/ and /etc/X11/Xsession.d/, and I have checked systemctl list-units -a, and…
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How can I forward sound over VNC?

I use TightVNC and Remmina Remote Desktop to connect my Raspberry Pi to my Ubuntu laptop over VNC. It works great for the most part, except for the fact that there is no sound. I have googled all over the place, looking up forwarding sound over…
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Pairing Bose QC 35 over Bluetooth on Fedora

I am running Fedora 24 with Gnome Shell. I try to pair my new Bose QuietComfort 35 over Bluetooth. I started using the Gnome interface. Unfortunately, the connection seems not to hold. It appears as constantly…
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Why do you need PulseAudio?

I'm reading and trying to understand why would anyone want to use Pulse Audio and I'm failing to understand. I read this https://www.linux.com/news/hardware/drivers/8100-why-you-should-care-about-pulseaudio-and-how-to-start-doing-it, and I'm still…
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