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pactl

Control a running PulseAudio sound server. tldr-pages

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Show information about the sound server

pactl infoIdentify

List all sinks (or other types - sinks are outputs and sink-inputs are active audio streams)

pactl list sinks shortIdentify

Change the default sink (output) to 1 (the number can be retrieved via the list subcommand)

pactl set-default-sink 1Identify

Move sink-input 627 to sink 1

pactl move-sink-input 627 1Identify

Set the volume of sink 1 to 75%

pactl set-sink-volume 1 0.75Identify

Toggle mute on the default sink (using the special name @DEFAULT_SINK@)

pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggleIdentify

Specify which HDMI output is being used

pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_0c_00.1 output:hdmi-stereo-extra1Identify