pactl get-default-sink
Submitted by Eric Toombs
Assigned to pul..@..op.org
Link to original bug (#100714)
Description
The current way to set volume looks like this:
% pacmd info |grep Default Default sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Default channel map: front-left,front-right Default sink name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.5.analog-stereo Default source name: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_14.5.analog-stereo
*** copy default sink name ***
% pactl set-sink-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.5.analog-stereo 80%
It works, but surely there is room for improvement. Maybe something like
% pactl set-sink-volume default 80%
Or maybe even
% pactl set-sink-volume 80%