Feature request sound150@claudiux: integration with pactl command

[Tiagoquix]

Applet name and maintainer

sound150@claudiux @claudiux

What would you like to see?

I have this script which unmutes my input+output plus set volume levels

#!/bin/bash
pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ 0
pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ 18%
pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ 0
pactl set-source-volume @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ 100%

It uses the pactl command to that (something used to manipulate pulseaudio, but also works with pipewire). It would be cool to have this applet detect the pactl command and show the OSD on screen accordingly when the volume changes. Currently, volume is changed, but no OSD is shown.

Thanks.

[claudiux]

I prefer:

export DEFAULT_SINK=$(echo -n $(pactl list sinks short | grep RUNNING | awk '{print $1}'))
[ -z $DEFAULT_SINK ] || pactl set-sink-volume $DEFAULT_SINK +5%

I'm searching for a solution...

[Tiagoquix]

Not sure if it helps, but this seems to be the relevant code for KDE that makes it work with the pactl command:

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/commit/a7e367d0203ec73a85dbbc45b4dfe1bc818e8a97

[claudiux]

And using javascript instead of C++?

[Tiagoquix]

There is no reference that I am aware of that uses JS. I believe vanilla GNOME (from where Cinnamon is based) also doesn't have OSD integration with pactl command, but it has been quite some time since I last used GNOME.

[claudiux]

Solution found! I'll post a new version soon.

[claudiux]

That works only for sink, not for source.

[claudiux]

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